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Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imagined necessities... are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretenses to break known rules by.

— Oliver Cromwell

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We declared our intentions to preserve monarchy, and they still are so, unless necessity enforce an alteration.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

Now I see there is a people risen that I cannot win with gifts or honours, offices or places; but all other sects and people I can.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

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

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