Oliver Cromwell/irish Campaign - 1649-1650

Famous quotes containing the words oliver, cromwell, irish and/or campaign:

    “the hatchlings wake in the swaying branches,
    in the silver baskets,
    and love the world.
    Is it necessary to say any more?
    Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?
    Have you ever been so happy in your life?”
    —Mary Oliver (b. 1935)

    “A few honest men are better than numbers.”
    —Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

    “I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.”
    —Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)

    “The winter is to a woman of fashion what, of yore, a campaign was to the soldiers of the Empire.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)