"Every man who wages war believes God is on his side. I'll warrant God should often wonder who is on his."

"Was not Gideon outnumbered by the Amalekites? It is not numbers that count, but speed and surprise. Let no man move, …"

"In the name of God! What are we all? Men? Cowering and quivering like downtrodden serfs. The king is not England, and…"

"Gentlemen, an immovable Parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable king! You are drunkards, tricksters, villains,…"

"I go now from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown."

"Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell"

"Alec Guinness as King Charles"

"Robert Morley as the Earl of Manchester"

"Dorothy Tutin as Queen Henrietta Maria: wife of Charles I."

"Robin Stewart as Charles, Prince of Wales"