Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man that would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be f… - Oliver Cromwell
" "Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man that would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deny a man the liberty he hath by nature upon a supposition that he may abuse it.
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About Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, soldier, and revolutionary responsible for the overthrow of the monarchy, temporarily turning England into a republican Commonwealth, and assuming rule as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. After he died his son Richard Cromwell took this position, until King Charles II was crowned king.
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Cromwellian
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Old Noll
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Copper Nose
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Lord Protector
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Head of the Protectorate
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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England
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Noll Cromwell
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Olliver Cromwell
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Olyver Cromwell
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