[I believe in Oliver Cromwell ] because he was a great fighting Dissenter . He was perhaps the first statesman to recognize that as soon as the Government became a democracy the Churches became directly responsible for any misgovernment. His great idea was to make Christ 's law the law of the land, and any obstacle to this he ruthlessly swept away. How he would have dealt with Romish practices now! He said to the priest who babbled his Paternosters in Peterborough Cathedral , "Leave off your fooling and come down, sir." There was the man for the Ritualists (cheers)—worth a wagon-load of Bishops. How he would have dealt with the House of Lords ! From the House of Commons he would have removed many a bauble, and he would have shaken his head and said, "The Lord deliver us from Joseph Chamberlain ."

Author: David Lloyd George
Year: 1899
Year evidence: Speech to the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches in the City Temple, London , at the celebration of the tercentenary of Oliver Cromwell 's birth (25 April 1899), quoted in The Times (26 April 1899), p. 12
Source: Quotes / Early political career — Speech to the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches in the City Temple, London , at the celebration of the tercentenary of Oliver Cromwell 's birth (25 April 1899), quoted in The Times (26 April 1899), p. 12
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