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.

Quote by Oliver Cromwell

Topics: Government Quotes

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

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

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

Necessity has no law.

Necessity has no law.

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and...

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and...

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that...

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that...

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

He who stops being better stops being good.

He who stops being better stops being good.

God made them as stubble to our swords.

God made them as stubble to our swords.

It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to...

It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to...

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or...

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or...

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

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

Nature can do more than physicians.

Nature can do more than physicians.

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

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

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

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have...

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If...

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If...

A few honest men are better than numbers.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

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

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

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.