Oliver Cromwell Military Quotes

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• Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Military, Heart, Thinking

  Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle (1845). “Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with Elucidations”, p.408, New York, Wiley & Putnam

• 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

  Love, Military, Army

  Letter to Sir William Spring, September 1643, in Thomas Carlyle 'Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches' (2nd ed., 1846)

• On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Military, Soldier, Citizens

• A man-of-war is the best ambassador.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Military, War, Men

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