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" Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. "
A Short History of the English People - Page 344
by John Richard Green - 1874 - 847 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193

1901 - 604 pages
...But shall that,' said Cromwell, ' render him incapable to serve the public ? . . . Sir, the ' State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, that ' satisfies.' The truth is that Cromwell was a practical man engaged in a terrible struggle, as well as a religious...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1850 - 444 pages
...use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when T...
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Footsteps of our forefathers

James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 pages
...sure of that ? Admit he be, shall that render bim incapable to serve the public?"* *" Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when I...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...printed in Carlyle's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof in Carwitheris Hist, of the Church of England, vol. ii. pp. 245, 249. * No one...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 2

Henry Thomas Buckle - England - 1858 - 906 pages
...in Ciirli/le's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they l>e willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof iu Carwithen's Hint,...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1857 - 886 pages
...printed in Carlyle's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof in Carwithen's Hist, of the Church of England, vol. ii. pp. 245, 249. M No one...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1861 - 738 pages
...use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when I...
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A Campaigner at Home

Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 pages
...question.' It had left him tolerant indeed, and ready to say, with the Protector, ' Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies ; ' but I do not know that this tolerant habit rested on any ground of principle : it was rather the indolent...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - Great Britain - 1865 - 724 pages
...Cromwell, TO!, i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, "Sir, the etate, in choosing men to serre it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be"...willing faithfully to serve it, —that satisfies." See additional proof in Carwithen's Hist, of the Church of England, vol. ii. pp. 245, 249. *• No...
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Histoire de la civilisation en Angleterre, Volume 2

Henry Thomas Buckle - Great Britain - 1865 - 356 pages
...Cromwell, 1. 1, pag. 202, 203, in-S*, 1846. Cromwell écrit : t Sir, thé slate, in choosing men to sewe it, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfles. » Voir une preuve nouvelle dans Carwithen, Hist. of thé Church ofEngland, t. Il, pag....
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