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 Gentleman and is nothing else.”

“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

“The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing to serve it faithfully, that is enough.”

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

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

“Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry.”

“A few honest men are better than numbers.”

“Necessity hath no law.”

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

“He who stops being better stops being good.”

“Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.”

“Every sect saith, 'Oh, give me liberty!' But give it him, and to his power he will not yield it to any one else.”