Quotes about John Lothrop Motley

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

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With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.

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When did one man ever civilize a people?

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Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.

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Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

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Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger.

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Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united...

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The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.

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The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.

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The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

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The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading...

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The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

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