He died greater than he had lived, - Burnet , History of his own Time, vol. 1., p. 55; London, 1815. ( On Charles I)
IF THE REMONSTRANCE HAD BEEN REJECTED I WOULD HAVE SOLD ALL I HAD THE NEXT MORNING AND NEVER HAVE SEEN ENGLAND MORE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER MODEST MEN OF THE SAME RESOLUTION.
Oliver Cromwell on Parliament's passing of the revolutionary Grand Remonstrance, Quoted in the Earl of Clarendon, A History of the Rebellion.
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 GENTLEMAN AND IS NOTHING ELSE.
OLIVER CROMWELL 1599-1658 A Letter from Cromwell to Sir William Spring. Sept. 1643. Taken from Cromwell's Letters and Speeches in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
TRULY ENGLAND AND THE CHURCH OF GOD HATH HAD A GREAT FAVOUR FROM THE LORD, IN THIS GREAT VICTORY GIVEN US. Oliver Cromwell on the Battle of Marston Moor. 1644.
WE STUDY THE GLORY OF GOD, AND THE HONOUR AND LIBERTY OF PARLIAMENT, FOR WHICH WE UNAMINOUSLY FIGHT, WITHOUT SEEKING OUR OWN INTERESTS.
Oliver Cromwell to Colonal Valentine Walton. 5 or 6 September 1644.
I COULD NOT RIDING OUT ALONE ABOUT MY BUSINESS, BUT SMILE OUT TO GOD IN PRAISES, IN ASSURANCE OF VICTORY BECAUSE GOD WOULD, BY THINGS THAT ARE NOT, BRING TO NAUGHT THINGS THAT ARE. OliverCromwell before the Battle of Naseby. 1645.
CRUEL NECESSITY. Cromwell on the execution of King Charles I. Jan 1649.
THIS IS A RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT OF GOD UPON THESE BARBAROUS WRETCHES, WHO HAVE IMBRUED THEIR HANDS IN SO MUCH INNOCENT BLOOD. Oliver Cromwell after the storming of Drogheda.1649.
I BESEECH YOU IN THE BOWELS OF CHRIST THINK IT POSSIBLE YOU MAY BE MISTAKEN.
OLIVER CROMWELL 1599-1658 In a letter to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 1650.
THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS MERCY ARE ABOVE MY THOUGHTS. IT IS FOR AUGHT I KNOW, A CROWNING MERCY. OLIVER CROMWELl 1599-1658 In a letter. 1651.
Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic) and the Roundheads (Right but Repulsive) --W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1066 and All That:
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