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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.

— John Lothrop Motley

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— John Lothrop Motley

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.

— Seth Low

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

— John Lothrop Motley

The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands.

— Seth Low

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

— Robert D. Kaplan

My feeling is that if all Catholics or Reformed Christians had been deported to Germany, the Dutch government in London would have instructed the population in the occupied Netherlands to help them.

— Els Borst

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.

— Francois Hollande

Europe existed before Britain joined it.

— Francois Hollande

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.

— Ruud Gullit

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