John Lothrop Motley
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Biography
John Lothrop Motley was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands.
"You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice."
"Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty."
"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."
"Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."
"A good lawyer is a bad Christian."
"Wealth brings strength, strength confidence."
"History shows how feeble are barriers of paper."
"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."