Quotes from Nancy Goldstone

The character of people varies, and it is easy to persuade them of a thing, but difficult to keep them in that persuasion.

The vast majority of Huguenots supported the king and the royal family and wished to live in peace, he explained. The problem was that the Protestant movement had been more or less hijacked by extremists who desired political power. This radical element was using the general unhappiness with the Guises' governance, and especially with their vicious policy of persecution, to forward their own ambitions.