Cromwell (1970)

Michael Jayston: Henry Ireton

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Quotes 

• Henry Ireton : There will be a war, Mister Cromwell. It will not be with Scotland.

  John Pym : Henry...

  Oliver Cromwell : With whom, Mister Ireton?

  John Pym : Henry, we have argued this matter many times...

  Henry Ireton : I'm convinced of it.

  Oliver Cromwell : [raising his voice]  A war against whom, Mister Ireton?

  Henry Ireton : Against the king, sir.

  Oliver Cromwell : [a cold silence falls over the room]  The king? You mean a civil war? In England?

  [chuckles] 

  Oliver Cromwell : You know not the ways of this nation, Mister Ireton. Such things do not happen here.

• Henry Ireton : Though Strafford's hand be upon this warrant, I see in this business not the hand of Strafford, but that of the King.

  Oliver Cromwell : It is not the function of this House to sit in judgment upon this King. The fault lies with those people from whom the King has sought counsel.