Oliver Cromwell Quotes & Sayings

I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear. — 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

He who ceases to be better, ceases to be good. — Oliver Cromwell

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

Does a man speak foolishly?
suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?
stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly?
rejoice in the truth. — Oliver Cromwell

That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in reference to the ancient Constitution, did draw me here to accept the place of Protector. There is not a man living can say I sought it, no not a man, nor woman, treading upon English ground. — Oliver Cromwell

WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN UNDER YOUR SHADOW, DISSETTLEMENT AND DIVISION, DISCONTENTMENT AND DISSATISFACTION, TOGETHER WITH REAL DANGERS TO THE WHOLE. — Oliver Cromwell

Consider That Ye May Be Wrong. — Oliver Cromwell

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open. — Oliver Cromwell

Subtlety may deceive you; intedrity never will. — 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

My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction. — Oliver Cromwell

Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. — Oliver Cromwell

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. — Oliver Cromwell

Nature can do more than physicians. — Oliver Cromwell

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. — Oliver Cromwell

If any man whatsoever hath carried on the design of deposing the King and disinheriting his posterity; or if any man hath yet such a design he should be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but, since the Providence of God hath cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence. — Oliver Cromwell

God made them as stubble to our swords. — Oliver Cromwell

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]. — Oliver Cromwell

Our manly ways and stern simplicity wreak much confusion to the enemy's councils. For they are men yet garb themselves as women, wearing wigs and finery and lace. And for this offense if it be God's will we will come upon them in the night, from the rear, and penetrate their degenerate bodies with our holy truth. For we are manly saints and possess the full swelling hardness of our faith, which gushes forevermore from Christ's unyielding root. — Oliver Cromwell

Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you. — Oliver Cromwell

Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling. — Oliver Cromwell

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact. — Oliver Cromwell

A few honest men are better than numbers. — Oliver Cromwell

A man never rises higher than when he does not know whither his path can still lead him. — Oliver Cromwell

I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. — Oliver Cromwell

It's a blessed thing to die daily. For what is there in this world to be accounted of! The best men according to the flesh, and things, are lighter than vanity. I find this only good, to love the Lord and his poor despised people, to do for them and to be ready to suffer with them ... and he that is found worthy of this hath obtained great favour from the Lord; and he that is established in this shall ( being conformed to Christ and the rest of the Body) participate in the glory of a resurrection which will answer all. — Oliver Cromwell

I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences ... — Oliver Cromwell

THE PEOPLE WOULD BE JUST AS NOISY IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ME HANGED. — Oliver Cromwell

Those who stop being better stop being good. — Oliver Cromwell

Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break. — Oliver Cromwell

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! — Oliver Cromwell

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental ... about which I shall deal plainly with you ... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental ... and ... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it ... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein. — Oliver Cromwell

I have not the particular shining bauble or feather in my cap for crowds to gaze at or kneel to, but I have power and resolution for foes to tremble at. — Oliver Cromwell

Make the iron hot by striking it. — Oliver Cromwell

Our swords are in God's hands, And our faith is in the Lord. Charge! — Oliver Cromwell

A man never goes so far as when he does not know whither he is going. — Oliver Cromwell

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by. — Oliver Cromwell

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

For that which you mention concerning liberty of conscience, I meddle not with any man's conscience. — Oliver Cromwell

Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose. — Oliver Cromwell

On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens. — Oliver Cromwell

We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests ... I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted. — Oliver Cromwell

Because I fear God, I have no man to fear. — Oliver Cromwell

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

A mattoid is a miscreant who seeks to elevate himself by destroying society. Examples include the Rothschilds, David Rockefeller, Franklin Roosevelt, Meyer Lansky, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Hamilton, and Josef Stalin. Often mattoids are of high intelligence, tainted geniuses, despite their flawed character and lack of any morality. — 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

There isn't a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man nor soil to bury a man — Oliver Cromwell

I do not believe that this is an evil king. But he is confused. And he cannot say no to his wife. Therefore if it please God I shall raise an army of men who are not confused. Stern men who say no to the tyranny of kings and wives. Men who make no confusion over the ordained place of man and woman, king and subject. And with these stern, God-fearing men, I shall ride. And we shall be called Ironsides because we are like iron, being hard both day and night. And the king shall find us unyielding, like a rod of iron, and shall give us satisfaction. Like our wives! — Oliver Cromwell

Some people have food, but no appetite; others have an appetite, but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised. — Oliver Cromwell

Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle. — Oliver Cromwell

Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man that would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deny a man the liberty he hath by nature upon a supposition that he may abuse it. — Oliver Cromwell

My desire is to make what haste I can to be gone. — Oliver Cromwell

He who stops being better stops being good. — Oliver Cromwell

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed — Oliver Cromwell

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

Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry. — Oliver Cromwell

A man-of-war is the best ambassador. — Oliver Cromwell

Necessity has no law. — Oliver Cromwell