Tag: Oliver Cromwell

Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Quote of the Day: You Have Sat Too Long

 

“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately… Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!” — Cromwell’s Address to the Rump Parliament (20 April 1653)

Watching any legislature in action is likely to bring out the Cromwell in any sensible man.

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Happy Oak Apple Day! There once was a king who wished to be an absolute monarch, as were many of his neighboring kings, who were also his relatives. He dismissed his kingdom’s legislative body, and ruled without them for eleven years. You see, they were a contentious lot, as most legislative bodies are, and he […]

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