Cromwell quotes

CromwellsaidtotheLong Parliament whenhethought it wasno longer fitto conducttheaffairs of thenation,'You havesattoolong hereforanygood youhavebeendoing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!'

- Leo(pold) Charles Maurice Stennett Amery
  Remark addressed to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, House of Commons,7 May.

So we have the Philistine of genius in religionLuther; the Philistine of genius in politicsCromwell; the Philistine of genius in literatureBunyan.

- Matthew Arnold
  Mixed Essays,'Lord Falkland'.

Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

-Thomas Gray
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, l.59^60.

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind: Or ravished with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell, damned to everlasting fame!

- Alexander Pope
  An Essay on Man, epistle 4, l.281^4.

In the name of the Constitution,Cromwell took up arms, executed the king, dissolved Parliament, imprisoned some, and beheaded others.

-Joseph originally Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Stalin
  In conversation with H G Wells, Moscow.