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
trust cheer shouting
Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
dark men path
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.
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.
soldier becoming citizens
On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.
dark providence walks
Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
gentleman height obscurity
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity.
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].
wrinkles pay scar
Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling.
opportunity lucky sometimes
Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break.
hands lord
Our swords are in God's hands, And our faith is in the Lord. Charge!
desire haste gone
My desire is to make what haste I can to be gone.
hot iron strike striking
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking
fact good
We are Englishmen; that is one good fact
dry powder sure trust
Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry