Oliver Cromwell/politics - 1647-49

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“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
—Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

“Necessity hath no law.”
—Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)