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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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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Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. – Luke Scott

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I dont believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. – Stephen Harper

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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. – Earl Warren

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Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. – Louis Brandeis

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Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. – Epictetus

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