Oliver Cromwell Quote

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.


To the First Protectorate Parliament (12 September 1654).


There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person...

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person...

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person...

There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person...