Oliver Cromwell famous quotes

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Hard Work #Trust In God #Bowels

He who stops being better stops being good.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Inspirational #Motivational Sports #Writing

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #Opinion #States

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Mistake #Science #Thinking

Nature can do more than physicians
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Physicians #Environment

I have not the particular shining bauble or feather in my cap for crowds to gaze at or kneel to, but I have power and resolution for foes to tremble at.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Shining #Crowds #Resolution

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Inspirational #Integrity #Hype

Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man that would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deny a man the liberty he hath by nature upon a supposition that he may abuse it.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Country #Wine #Men

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#God #Historian #Shaking

Make the iron hot by striking it.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Inspirational #Iron #Hot

A few honest men are better than numbers.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Education #Truth #Honesty

We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests... I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#War #Fighting #Men

A mattoid is a miscreant who seeks to elevate himself by destroying society. Examples include the Rothschilds, David Rockefeller, Franklin Roosevelt, Meyer Lansky, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Hamilton, and Josef Stalin. Often mattoids are of high intelligence, tainted geniuses, despite their flawed character and lack of any morality.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Character #Jean Jacques Rousseau #Genius

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #May #Honest

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Believe #Political #Catholic

I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Gentleman #Height #Obscurity

WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN UNDER YOUR SHADOW, DISSETTLEMENT AND DIVISION, DISCONTENTMENT AND DISSATISFACTION, TOGETHER WITH REAL DANGERS TO THE WHOLE.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Weed #Real #Together

Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Military #Heart #Men

For that which you mention concerning liberty of conscience, I meddle not with any man's conscience.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #Liberty #Conscience

Those who stop being better stop being good.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Be Good

A man-of-war is the best ambassador.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#War #Men #Ambassadors

On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Soldier #Becoming #Citizens

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Cheer #Shouting #Persons

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Sheep #Government #Woods

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Faith #Evil #Dry

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Inspirational

Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Dark #Providence #Walks

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Love #Military #Army

Necessity has no law.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Law

THE PEOPLE WOULD BE JUST AS NOISY IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ME HANGED.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#People #Would Be

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
-- Oliver Cromwell

#God #Names #Long

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Cheer #Iron #Political

Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#War #Skills #Desire

That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in reference to the ancient Constitution, did draw me here to accept the place of Protector. There is not a man living can say I sought it, no not a man, nor woman, treading upon English ground.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #Advice #Constitution

I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#I Have Learned #Fear God

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #Law #Break

If any man whatsoever hath carried on the design of deposing the King and disinheriting his posterity; or if any man hath yet such a design he should be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but, since the Providence of God hath cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Kings #Men #Design

Does a man speak foolishly?--suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?--stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly?--rejoice in the truth.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Wise #Men #Talking

Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Children #Men #Royalty

Men have been led in dark paths, through the providence and dispensation of God. Why, surely it is not to be objected to a man, for who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Dark #Men #Path

I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences...
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Rights #Government #People

My desire is to make what haste I can to be gone.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Desire #Haste #Gone

A man never rises higher than when he does not know whither his path can still lead him.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Inspirational #Men #Path

Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Wrinkles #Pay #Scar

In return for financial support will advocate admission of Jews to England; This however impossible while Charles living. Charles cannot be executed without trial on adequate grounds for which do not presently exist. Therefore advise that Charles be assassinated, but will have nothing to do with arrangements for procuring an assassin, though willing to help in his escape. [King Charles I was in prison at the time].
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Kings #Support #Trials

Some people have food, but no appetite; others have an appetite, but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#People #Satisfaction #Lord

There isn't a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man nor soil to bury a man
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Men #Water #Tree

I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the nation - to serve in parliaments, - and ( because I would not be over tedious ) I did endeavour to discharge the duty of an honest man in those services, to God, and his people's interest, and of the commonwealth; having, when time was, a competent acceptation in the hearts of men, and some evidence thereof.
-- Oliver Cromwell

#Heart #Men #People