Logo
Quote by Oliver Cromwell
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what

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

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Government
Author
Oliver Cromwell
Read Quote

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

Category:
Portraits
Author
Oliver Cromwell
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Military, the
category

Drinking is the soldiers pleasure. – John Dryden

Category:
Military, the

Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? – Daniel Daly

Category:
Military, the

War is too important a matter to be left to the military. – Georges Clemenceau

Category:
Military, the

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required. – Prince Andrew

Category:
Military, the

Random Quotes

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals. – Susan B. Anthony

Category:
Money

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. – William Hague

Category:
Travel

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of the state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. – Baron de Montesquieu

Category:
Government

You are only as beautiful as your last action. – Stephen Richards

Category:
Action