Author: Oliver Cromwell

Quotes

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.

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

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

- Oliver Cromwell

He who stops being better stops being good.

He who stops being better stops being good.

- Oliver Cromwell

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

- Oliver Cromwell

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

- Oliver Cromwell

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

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

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

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

- Oliver Cromwell

A few honest men are better than numbers.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

- Oliver Cromwell

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

- Oliver Cromwell

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