Leading Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.

— John Lothrop Motley

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

— John Lothrop Motley

Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.

— John Lothrop Motley

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

— John Lothrop Motley

When did one man ever civilize a people?

— John Lothrop Motley

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

— John Lothrop Motley

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

— John Lothrop Motley

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

— John Lothrop Motley

A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.

— John Lothrop Motley

A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.

— John Lothrop Motley

The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.

— John Lothrop Motley

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

— John Lothrop Motley