John Lothrop Motley quotes

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries. (John Lothrop Motley)
Local self-government...is the life-blood of liberty. View quote
John Lothrop Motley
A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period. View quote
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The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. View quote
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As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the street. View quote
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A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. View quote
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Wealth brings strength, strength confidence. View quote
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History shows how feeble are barriers of paper. View quote
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Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience. View quote
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The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands. View quote
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When did one man ever civilize a people? (John Lothrop Motley)
A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind. View quote
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A good lawyer is a bad Christian. View quote
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The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. View quote
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For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. View quote
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Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty. View quote
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A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman. View quote
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The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. View quote
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In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. View quote
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In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. View quote
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With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people. (John Lothrop Motley)
The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests. View quote
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Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome. View quote
John Lothrop Motley