protestant quotes

   The Parliament of England cannot have on earth so strong pillars and pregnant supporters of all their were always told there is one golden rule: no hanky panky in theTardis.

-Baillie, Robert
  On playing Doctor  Who. Quoted in the Sunday Times,7 Mar.

This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power, is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.

-Bright,John
  Speech, Birmingham, 29 Oct.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

-Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
  Lothair, ch.27.

Pray, good people, be civil; I am the Protestant whore.

-Gwyn, Nell
   Attributed, when angry crowds pressed round her carriage in the belief that she was Charles II's unpopular Catholic mistress Louise de Ke¤  rouaille.

   When Hitlerattacked the Jews I wasnot a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned.And when Hitlerattacked theunionsand the industrialists,I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant churchöand there was nobody left to be concerned.

-Niemo«  ller, Martin
  Children of Light and Darkness, foreword.

The novel is practicallya Protestant form of art; it is the product of the free mind, of the autonomous individual.

-Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair
  Inside the Whale,'Inside The Whale'.

The government may tomorrow withdraw every one of their troopsfrom Ireland.Ireland will be defended by her armed sons from foreign invasion, and for that purpose the armed Catholics in the south will be only too glad to join arms with the armed Protestant Ulsterman. Is it too muchtohope that out of thissituation a result mayspring that will be good not merely for the Empire but for the future welfare and integrity of the Irish nation?

-Redmond,John Edward
  Speech, House of Commons, 3 Aug.

Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you.

-Strafford,Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of
  To the Irish Parliament,15 Jul.

Although Marycannot be a model for the New Woman, a goddess is better than no goddess at all, for the sombre-suited masculine world of the Protestant religion is altogether too much like a gentlemen's club to which the ladies are only admitted on special days.

-Warner, Marina Sarah
  Alone of All Her Sex: the Myth and Cult of theVirgin Mary, epilogue.

   The eyes ofall England are onthis Parliament.If youdoin good earnest wish to see England hold the balance of Europe and to be indeed at the head of the Protestant interest, it will appear by your right improving the present opportunity.

-William III also called  William of Orange
  At the State Opening of Parliament, Dec.

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