 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1903 - 392 pages
...might be governed by tector. it s own consent." " I am as much," replied the Ludlow . & of Protector, " for a government by consent as any man ; but where...Presbyterian, Independent, Anabaptist, or Levelling parties ? " Even Ludlow, in advocating government by consent, had no thought of bowing to the will of the majority.... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1910 - 330 pages
...What would you have ? ' asked Cromwell of Ludlow. ' That which we fought for,' replied the colonel, ' that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' ' I am as much for government by consent as any man,' said the Protector, ' but where shall we find that consent... | |
 | Ramsay Muir - 1920 - 920 pages
...Cromwell once asked of the unbending republican Ludlow. ' That which we fought for,' said Ludlow, ' that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' ' I am as much for government by consent as any man,' the Protector wearily answered. ' But where shall we... | |
 | George Peabody Gooch - 1927 - 338 pages
...can you desire more than you have?' asked the Protector. 'That which we fought for,' said Ludlow, — 'that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' 'I am as much for a government by consent as any man,' returned Oliver; 'but where shall we find that consent... | |
 | G. R. Stirling Taylor - 1928 - 376 pages
...as his answer the pathetic retort of a man at his wits' end to solve the problem of all governors: "But where shall we find that consent? Amongst the...Presbyterian, Independent, Anabaptist or Levelling parties?" The tragedy of Cromwell's life was now facing him in all its stern reality. He had put down so many... | |
 | Jack H. Hexter - 1992 - 368 pages
...of Edmund Ludlow, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1894), 2: 10-11. It is worth noting Cromwell's blunt reply, "I am as much for a government by consent as any man; but where shall we find that consent?" Ibid. 32. LF Brown, "Ideas of Representation from Elizabeth to Charles I," IMH11 (1939): 28. 33. See... | |
 | Angus Stroud - 1999 - 246 pages
...have said that anything was their own if they had gone on?' The Protectorate, 1653-8 I am as much for government by consent as any man, but where shall we find that consent? (Oliver Cromwell, 1656) The lnstrument of Government With the failure of the Parliament of Saints,... | |
 | Antonia Fraser - 2001 - 796 pages
...that the Nation might be governed by its own consent". To this Oliver replied that he was as much for government by consent as any man: "but where shall...Presbyterian, Independent, Anabaptist or Levelling parties?" It was all very well for Ludlow to answer: "Amongst those of all sorts who had acted with fidelity... | |
 | Danielle Allen - 2004 - 255 pages
...second. Oliver Cromwell neatly summarized the conceptual problem when he declared, "I am as much for government by consent as any man, but where shall we find that consent?" 16 One might schematize Cromwell's question as in fact consisting of three central puzzles. First,... | |
 | Danielle Allen - 2004 - 255 pages
...second. Oliver Cromwell neatly summarized the conceptual problem when he declared, "I am as much for government by consent as any man, but where shall we find that consent?"16 One might schematize Cromwell's question as in fact consisting of three central puzzles.... | |
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That which we fought for,' said I, ' that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' ' I am,' said he, ' as much for a government by consent as any man ; but where shall we find that consent... 
