"I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can." [1] - December 16, 1777, Marquis de Lafayette (age 20) On August 27th, 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette put forth his bill of rights,[2] The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, based on the American Declaration of Independence, at the National Assembly of France. …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

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