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Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
Oliver Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell
Age: 59 †
Born: 1599
Born: April 25
Died: 1658
Died: September 3
Condottiero
Farmer
Political Leader
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Cromwell
Lord Protector
Copper Nose
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My desire is to make what haste I can to be gone.
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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!
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