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John Lothrop Motley Quotes

1814–1877 United States

John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American historian, novelist and diplomat.

United States
Historians
Novelists

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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.

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

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

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