John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motleywas an American author, best known for his two popular histories The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. He was also a diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth15 April 1814
CountryUnited States of America
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The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
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The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.
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The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.
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A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
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In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.
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History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.
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When did one man ever civilize a people?
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The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.
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Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.
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Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.
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Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.
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The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
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Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.
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For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.