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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
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“Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you.”
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641) first seen 1634 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 15 July 1634, To the Irish Parliament, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826
“A Prince that loseth the Force and Example of his Punishments, loseth withal the greatest Part of his Dominion.”
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641) first seen 1637 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to William Laud on the trial of William Prynne (18 October 1637), quoted in William Knowles, The Earl of Strafforde's Letters and Dispatches, With An Essay towards his Life, by Sir George Radcliffe. From the Orig…
“I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and consider seriously whether the beginning of the people's happiness should be written in letters of blood.”
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641) first seen 1641 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 12 May 1641, At his execution on Tower Hill, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826