Cromwell
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lt was not for power that we did this.
Have you not understood that yet?

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Now, lreton, mark me,
and mark me well.

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That you be hard-set upon courses
has not escaped me...

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...and if you seek to use me
towards such ends...

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...though l love you like a brother,
l swear, l will destroy you.

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Every freeborn Englishman be he
the lowest of the lowest...

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...is entitled to a voice
in the governing of this country.

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But there is no vote for the poor,
for the underprivileged...

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...no vote for all those
who took up arms...

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...to put down the very autocracy that
this Parliament now imposes upon us.

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You did not vote this Parliament
into office.

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This gaggle of buffoons, these villains!
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Much has been said in this House
about the so-called inequity...

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...of certain members being financially
involved in national projects.

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Members have ascribed to this state
of affairs dark and sinister motives.

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l say if we in Parliament
cannot gain from ruling the country...

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...there"s really very little point
in our being here at all.

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No member of this House should be
permitted to profit from office.

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Hear! Hear!
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lf this House knew its duty,
it would terminate...

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...and let a new Parliament be elected.
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-Order!
-Gentlemen, l move that this House...

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...be given power to remain in office a
further three years without re-election.

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A committee of inquiry should be set
up to investigate...

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...the financial involvement
of certain members.

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Order!

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