Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you.

Early biographers claim he then attended Lincoln's Inn but there is no record of him in the Inn's archives. He kept his troops close together following skirmiOliver Cromwells where they had gained superiority rather than allowing them to chase opponents off the battlefield. Cromwell had two key objectives as Lord Protector.

He was selected to take command of the English campaign in Ireland during 1649–50. As a ruler he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy. In a 2002 BBC poll in Britain Cromwell was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time.