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In the first act, the French Marquis de Lafayette is one of Hamilton’s closest friends. Building on his historical role as the primary emissary from France, the musical depicts Lafayette as an immigrant, an essential ally, and a rapid-fire (bi-lingual) rapper and thinker. When Lafayette returns with essential ammunitions for the Americans, he and Hamilton reflect on the centrality of immigrants to the American war effort: “immigrants, we get the job done” (“Guns and Ships”). In the second act, the same actor plays Thomas Jefferson.
Lafayette Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Lafayette or refer to Lafayette. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Story of Tonight
Quotes
LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS: Telling the story of tonight.
MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight.
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Act 1: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
Quotes
LAFAYETTE: Monsieur Hamilton.
HAMILTON: Monsieur Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE: In command where you belong.
HAMILTON: How you say, no sweat.
We’re finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run.
LAFAYETTE: Immigrants.
HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE: We get the job done.
Act 2: Election of 1800
Quotes
HAMILTON: I have never agreed with Jefferson once.
We have fought on like seventy-five diff’rent fronts!
But when all is said and all is done.
Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none.
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Lafayette Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Lafayette or refer to Lafayette. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Story of Tonight
Quotes
LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.
HAMILTON, LAURENS: Telling the story of tonight.
MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Act 1: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
Quotes
LAFAYETTE: Monsieur Hamilton.
HAMILTON: Monsieur Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE: In command where you belong.
HAMILTON: How you say, no sweat.
We’re finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run.
LAFAYETTE: Immigrants.
HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE: We get the job done.
Act 2: Election of 1800
Quotes
HAMILTON: I have never agreed with Jefferson once.
We have fought on like seventy-five diff’rent fronts!
But when all is said and all is done.
Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none.
