"The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person."

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Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the first place, - formed no part of Lafayette's character. In him the passion was nothing more than a constant and irresistible wish to do good.

— Marquis de Lafayette