Oliver Cromwell Quotes
These people would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
So many politicians and leaders, cheered by the multitude, actually believe the adulation is for them uniquely.
Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658, Revolutionist, Ruler, & Lord Protector of England, Remark to John Lambert as they were cheered by a crowd, June 1650
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He was being cheered by a large crowd.
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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.
