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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1773/">Quotes by <em>Cromwell, Oliver</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 September 3, 1658) was an English military leader and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland as Lord Protector, from December 16, 1653 until his death, which is believed to have been by either malaria or poisoning. After his burial he was exhumed and hanged, drawn and quartered, which was the traditional punishment for treason in England. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will."

Cromwell, Oliver · Deception · 2 fans >>
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"No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes."

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

Cromwell, Oliver · History and Historians · 1 fans >>
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"A few honest men are better than numbers."

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"Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged."

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"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."

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

Cromwell, Oliver · Mistakes · 1 fans >>
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"Necessity has no law."

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"Make the iron hot by striking it."

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"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!"

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