Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 April 1599
soldier becoming citizens
On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.
weed real together
WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN UNDER YOUR SHADOW, DISSETTLEMENT AND DIVISION, DISCONTENTMENT AND DISSATISFACTION, TOGETHER WITH REAL DANGERS TO THE WHOLE.
people would-be noisy
THE PEOPLE WOULD BE JUST AS NOISY IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ME HANGED.
hands lord
Our swords are in God's hands, And our faith is in the Lord. Charge!
opportunity lucky sometimes
Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break.
blessed men vanity
It's a blessed thing to die daily. For what is there in this world to be accounted of! The best men according to the flesh, and things, are lighter than vanity. I find this only good, to love the Lord and his poor despised people, to do for them and to be ready to suffer with them....and he that is found worthy of this hath obtained great favour from the Lord; and he that is established in this shall ( being conformed to Christ and the rest of the Body) participate in the glory of a resurrection which will answer all.
be-good cease
He who ceases to be better, ceases to be good.
dark providence walks
Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
wrinkles pay scar
Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling.
kings support trials
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].
men water tree
There isn't a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man nor soil to bury a man
military heart men
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.
trust cheer shouting
Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
sheep government woods
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.