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. – Oliver Cromwell
Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged. – 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. – Oliver Cromwell
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
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted. – Oliver Cromwell