7 Oliver Cromwell Quotes on Judgment

Oliver Cromwell quotes on judgment

16. This is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood.

52. To Hell or to Connaught.

57. The commonest charge against Cromwell is hypocrisy - and the commonest basis for that is defective chronology.

73. He lived a hypocrite and died a traitor.

77. In a word, as he was guilty of many crimes against which Damnation is denounced, and for which hell-fire is prepared, so he had some good qualities which have caused the memory of some men in all Ages to be celebrated; and he will be look'd upon by posterity as a brave bad man.

78. A complex character such as that of Cromwell, is incapable of creation, except in times of great civil and religious excitement, and one cannot judge of the man without at the same time considering the contending elements by which he was surrounded. It is possible to take his character to pieces, and, selecting one or other of his qualities as a corner-stone, to build around it a monument which will show him as a patriot or a plotter, a Christian man or a hypocrite, a demon or a demi-god as the sculptor may choose.

95. In short, every beast hath some evil properties; but Cromwell hath the properties of all evil beasts.