Quote by Oliver Cromwell
I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to ha

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

Other quotes by 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

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

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Trust
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Remember that government doesnt earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else. – Jesse Ventura

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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison

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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? – Charles de Gaulle, about France

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What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. – Lucy Powell

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As a friend, you first give your understanding, then you try to understand. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my fathers guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs. – Tony Visconti

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Hygiene is two thirds of health. – Proverb

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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. – Benjamin Franklin

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