Oliver Cromwell Quotes


Men have been led in dark paths, through the providence and dispensation of God. Why, surely it is not to be objected to a man, for who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.


Citations

Cromwell, Oliver. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations. Edited by Thomas Carlyle, vol. 1, Chapman and Hall, 1846, p. 399.

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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
  • Born: April 25, 1599
  • Died: September 3, 1658
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Farmer, Parliamentarian, Military Commander

Oliver Cromwell was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate and later as Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently ruling the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He acted simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth.