Interregnum Quotes

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“His personal success, combined with his surfeit of self-confidence and shortage of charm, had multiplied his enemies and soon they began to mobilize against him.”
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love.”
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“Taken on his own terms he had an intense integrity rare among rulers; he seldom acted for personal profit and almost always did what he believed to be best for others.”
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“A year had not changed Monck's view that once you had decided on a course of action, even if with reluctance, it paid to espouse it with enthusiasm.”
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“Another change which had been brought about by the 1650s and could not be undone was public interest in news, current affairs and political debate.”
Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown