The continental troops have as much courage and real discipline as those that are opposed to them. They are more inured to privation, more patient than Europeans, who, on these two points, cannot be compared to them. — Marquis de Lafayette

Tags: #Discipline, #Patient, #Points, #MarquisdeLafayette, #French, #Revolutionary

Mini who’s who:

Marquis de Lafayette : French Revolutionary
Born:  September 6, 1757
Died:  May 20, 1834