Cromwell Richard Harris Closing Speech
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2011
- Richard Harris is immense as Oliver Cromwell, and brilliant in this final scene. With the recent MPs' scandal still a sore subject for many, this speech is still particularly relevant today.
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
"An immovable parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable King" and hence why all those politicians in "safe seats" are the worst of the villains.
Elequent and true words .
“Quotes are frequently taken out of context and thus stupidly interpreted” - me
Abbott
would that be the likes of Donald Trump?
Great Man. Great Film. Great Man Playing Him.!!
"If we in parliament cannot gain from ruling the country there is really very little point in us being here at all!" Some things haven't changed.
Nancy Palosi?
I think it's a good point, specifically now. If anything maybe we pay political representatives too little 🤔
We need another Cromwell, but he's way overdue.
@@MrDaiseymayWe also need another "Guy Fawkes"!😉
@@nigelbase1196 We do.. but what would the replacement be..I will take any person that loves this Country and is not ashamed of its History.
"You are no more capable of this affairs of this nation than running a brothel!"
They all protest loudly that they are, in fact, capable of running a brothel. And I believe them.
There was actually a brothel in the basement of the Palace of Westminster - in the 18th Century, but later Victorian attitudes took care of that and it was moved out. Men had to go elsewhere for that kind of thing.
@@TellyWatcher1997 they didn't have to go far. Charles Dickens' writings were not entirely fictional.
Politics all about who gets to efficiently **** around, and who gets f***ed anyway.
@@nwofoe2866
...and then, about 20 years after Dickens' death, a certain Jack made his presence felt...
The can't run a brothel because they know nothing about soup.
His shaky voice makes the speech all the more amazing. It's a voice that speaks exhaustion, sadness, disappointment, bewilderment, and, above all, anger.
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” - Mark Twain
There is shit inside
@34days Looks like it was published in a newspaper in 1966, long before Robin Williams used it. Never the less, it's a good one
Mark Twain is truly a legend
"Never believe all quotes attributed to people on the internet" --- George Washington
“Damn right” -sun tzu.
What an great actor Richard Harris was
You see completely the father in the son. His son is also a superb actor.
he was an hero
"You've got no honor! It's no wonder you all emigrated to America, because they wouldn't have you in England! You're a lot of savages, that's what you all are!"
so was Robert Morley , ha !
Even with flu.
That speech could be transposed to today without changing a word.
In fairness, it was mostly written with modern politics in mind, rather than 17th Century politics. It'd be more accurate to say that this 1970 movie's politics hasn't changed.
Yeah now look up Hitler's speech of December 10th 1940, he exposed the the MPs expenses scandal 70 years before the British press did.
A speech fitting for today's career polititions or traitors Oliver Cromwell as you say
@@white-dragon4424the Declaration of Independence was written in late 1770s context.
Remove the name of the Crown and insert our current government, and you’ll see that little has changed.
We are back to being oppressed, by our supposed leaders.
“An immovable parliament is as obnoxious as an immovable king,” said Cromwell calmly.
The real Oliver Cromwell took on more and more of the trappings of kingship as time progressed. It is well he did not start a dynasty.
You are missing the point that while speaking these words he positioned himself towards the throne and ultimately was left seated upon it alone guilty himself of everything he had just lambasted.
@@Ubu987 he realised how evil and worthless parliament were. I am an avid Royalist and would’ve happily gave my life to the service of Charles I had I lived then but I must admit this was one of Cromwell’s better decisions.
@@andrewdriver3318 that’s not a throne, that’s the chair of the speaker.
@@seangallagher1947 I got that, I was referring to the symbolism of the scene since Cromwell was basically proto-Hitler.
Cromwell in Church:
"Away with this POPISH IDOLATRY!"
Cromwell in Parliament:
"Away with THIS BAUBLE!"
Cromwell at Home:
"Away with this TEPID SOUP!"
Cromwell in school: Away with this EXTRA HOMEWORK!
Cromwell on Discord:
“Away with THESE TROLLS!”
@ukyorkie1 Cromwell 6 months later
*AWAY WITH THIS CHRISTMAS TREE*
Cromwell at the club:
"Away with these THOTS!"
Cromwell as a games journalist:
*AWAY WITH THESE BREASTS!*
"Away with this bauble." Dumbledore said calmly.
Too good
Old* Dumbledore.
More like Marcus Aurelius and Pompeius
Normie
Stole this from someone else but it was too hilarious:
Cromwell in church “Away with this popish idolatry!”
Cromwell in Parliament: “Away with this bauble!”
Cromwell at dinner: “Away with this tepid soup!”
"You are no more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation than you are of conducting a brothel."
Some things never change.
He said as he moved himself before the throne and throwing everyone else out to assume total control .
@@andrewdriver3318 Not a throne, the Speakers chair.
@@brendancasey866 Point still stands, Cromwell was proto-hitler and not a bastion of democracy. This scene shows his hypocrisy well, but people are missing it. They're focusing on what he is saying and not what he is doing. Unfortunately for the director it seems that trick still works on people so the point is lost on them.
@@andrewdriver3318 The point doesn't still stand it was the Speakers chair, not the throne and when offered he turned down the opportunity
@@brendancasey866 Are you seriously trying to argue that Cromwell wasnt a megalomaniac and tyrant based on which title he used? Or are you accepting of his policies of ethnic cleansing? He still took the title 'His Most Serene Highness, by the Grace of God, Lord Protector of ..." Sure still sounds like a king to me. And for all his talk of democracy and refusing to be called a king I ask you, who succeeded him? Cromwell Jong-Un? You are an idiot.
That speech with Richard Harris' voice moved me so much when I first saw the film at the cinema, and still does today. Sad that it is still so relevant for the times we are living in now 😢
"I hereby declare this Parliament dissolved! Fear will keep ye local systems in line--fear of ye battlestation!"
Charles: "I am the Senate!"
"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!" ------------Oliver Cromwell
Words to speak to Johnson and he,s useless Tories .
I think this could apply to all politicians whatever party is in not just the tories. They all need locking up in the tower.
Words later spoken to a certain British politician who made a pact with a certain fascist party!
And what MP Leo Amery re-quoted to Chamberlain's disfunctional Parliment in the 1930's prior to Churchill assuming power.
One of the best cinematic speeches ever given!
because it was from history, and accurate.
@@MrDaiseymay I mean, is it? this film is know for its inaccuracies
Charles Loughton's Lincolns Gettysburg speech is good
@@grimalkin188 Prostitutes are "good"!
If you can just walk up to the stand while everyone’s bickering and they see you and instantly shut up that’s a powerful person
ur mum is a powerful person!
I am still in disbelief I have not watched this masterpiece of a movie.
Richard Harris outstanding as Cromwell. One of my favourite films of all time
you do know it's not remotely historically accurate don't you? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell_(film)#Historical_points
@@ShahidKhan-ke8fe Close enough, twat
@@mercian7 nope.
@@ShahidKhan-ke8fe Still a twat
@@ShahidKhan-ke8feyou do know that Wikipedia is fake don’t you?
I'm surprised that they left out the part where Charles II had Cromwell's grave exhumed. In 1661, the year after Charles II restored the monarchy, Cromwell was dug up, put on trial and hanged from the famous gallows at Tyburn, then had his head chopped off! To send a message of the King’s power, Cromwell’s head was placed on a pike on the roof of Westminster Hall where it stayed for thirty years.
Charles II wanted revenge for his father's execution. Charles's brother James II was deposed by Parliament 20 years later for doing the same as his father. That's why there is a statue of Cromwell outside Parliament today.
Nothing has been said finer than describing politicians , even today .
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?” ―Tennessee Williams.
Dumbledore really kicked ass in his younger days…
*Dumbledore Addresses The Ministry of Magic*
even took out Obi-Wan
There’s a reason the Irish didn’t send their kids to Hogwarts
Dumbledore definitely didn’t say that *Calmly* 🤣
You can't Denied Dumbledore got Style
As a royalist historian once put it. "Oliver Cromwell, a very great, bad man."
Not as bad as the Royal family!!!
In the words of a famous harlot -“They would say that wouldn’t they”
Killed 40% of the Irish Population as a side show
@@ryanrusch3976 republican folklore as three quarters of them were in hiding .
@@brianredmond4919 I suppose the Germans put a lot of people they didn't like into hiding during the second world war.
Well, his 'protectorate' did have the effect of forcing the Washington family to leave England for the Virginia colony.............
Another sin to add to Cromwell's burden.
I suspect not too many in the UK would regard that as a "sin"
@@alecblunden8615 Nor would any American
@Jane Shepard Or those who usurp. The poor old Stuarts, one beheaded, another deposed. Hereditary monarchy, and the bloodline involved is a moveable feast with the Brits. Current monarchy illegitimate.
@@dh728 American conqueror.
A truly outstanding, powerful performance, and an amazing film.
A good film, I'll agree. But it's no "Home Alone".
All artistic film lies btw.
the speech is especially timely in this particular day and age.
being undated, your comment is meaningless
You could look at the time stamp. Ex: you posted your snark 13 hours ago from the time of this post., 9 hours after the one I posted.
You wish legislative bodies be dissolved? 😰
@@jmcm152 Not what the speech is about. I wish the removal of corruption.
That said, historically, Cromwell is not the best example of how to go about it.
A fine speech, shame no-one was around to hear it.
Sometimes, that's a prerequisite for a truly great speech.
A fine speech indeed. However, Cromwell was equally useless despite the hagiography at the end
Clearly, somebody was.
Words that echo through time to the present day truth!
This needs to happen to the House and the Senate!
This is the film version here is the real thing. enjoy czcams.com/video/nz1DD50C_eI/video.html
And you would replace them with Nazi fools claiming to be patriots.
I don't think trading our swampish political system for a theocratic genocidal authoritarian dictator is much of an improvement. I'm assuming by your username that you won't agree.
@@Samtastrophi ask yourself this: if a meteor struck the Senate while it was in session, everyone died, and we had to elect new senators and representatives, do you really think it would be worse? I can't see how it would, they're already using it as a means of profit and ignoring the desires of the people that elected them.
Is there any freedom for those of us who do not believe in a man made god, or do your Christian rights superseded ours?
The tragic self realisation that a tyrant has been replaced by loose collection of warring tribes
He could be shouting at America's US Congress for the same reasons. Power corrupts all people.
Including Cromwell, it corrupted him in the end.
Power doesn’t corrupt, power just bring out who we truly are. There is only few people who can truly withstand being in power. Cromwell wasn’t one of them. His cause was not just or to bring in democracy. He challenged a king he hated and hi turned himself into a king in all but name. He was a monster, as so many people with power are.
Read a book!🤦🏾♂️
Its not that power corrupts...Its that the corrupt seek power.
@NB Forrest and his 31 kills Hear, Hear! Long live the King!
Surely one of the most important people in British history.
English history
@@raidertheconqueror3818 Naw, British history.
@@WalterKhayyam English cvil war English history not British you Mug
@@raidertheconqueror3818 Might I recommend you familiarise yourself with British history?
@@WalterKhayyammight I recommend you know English history
This nation will prosper, because it is a Godly nation and we walk hand in hand with the Lord, I will see this nation justly governed, if I have to do it myself
4:29 Every January I shout this line as I'm packing the decorations into boxes. :D It never gets old.
I hope family and friends get the joke, I'd laugh with you XD
Classic
Laffing my head off!
This is what we NEED... now!!!
Harris sounds war weary and sad here and it's perfectly convincing
An Irishman making a good fist of supporting Cromwell. Good acting indeed!
Godless self seeking ambitious tricksters!
Just about describes 99% of the current members of the Houses of Parliament.
I kid you not
Same as in my country.
I know not one who is fit for purpose......self seeking cunts.
But most people in this country are thick as fuck hence Brexit and worst of all Alexander boris de pfeffel johnsonwank
As opposed to most other common persons who are so selfless and honest...?
And much of the American congress as well. On the other hand, perhaps the do truly represent us. No w there’s a scary thought!
An immovable parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable king [ come back Oliver Cromwell ]
"I will give this nation back its self-respect...WE WALK HAND IN HAND WITH THE LORD!"
🎵REJOICE IN THE LORD🎵
It’s a shame all these years later we are still experiencing these same issues with our current parliament
I will bring pride back to this nation there will be bread and work for every man ..how we need Cromwell today
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
Our leaders and elites are still not fit for purpose. Four centuries later it's still the same.
YNWA ❤✊❤✊❤
When I see parliament today I always remember this scene that is more relevant today than ever
Cromwell walks in: shit is about to get real
"Work and bread for all" is an interesting phrase for him to use. Would have thought it was more of 1920s slogan than the 1600s
“All that’s left, after I’m finished” is what he should have said.
Sounded more like Keir Hardie than Oliver Cromwell to me.
I'm no historian but I don't think the popular idea of "work and bread for all" suddenly arose in the 1920s
Check out the Gracci brothers
@@AFGuidesHD Nobody said or implied it would have “suddenly arose”.
Richard Harris honestly is one of the best actors. Considering he was Irish too, born to a country which regards Cromwell as one of its biggest villains, it’s especially impactful to be playing such a figure.
Truly one of the best of his time.
"AWAY WITH monarchy! I'll rule the country myself!"
"Wait..."
Great film by a great actor depicting a great man.
Concluding statement by narrator sort of leaves out the whole "and tried to commit a genocide of the Irish" thing.
Very very true
And the trying to instill his own son as his successor, just like a dictator would do.
Cromwell’s speech sums up the UK in 2021
Technically he sums up most modern "democratic" parlaments in which rules only one main rule "WHAT I WILL HAVE FROM THIS?"
@@asheer9114 You make a very good observation, thank you
@@asheer9114 parliaments and congresses...
@@asheer9114
The correct spelling is "parliaments".
Lets replace them with kings who have always ruled selflessly. 😆
Such a wonderful speech - such an inspirational figure. Wonder why he had no regard - no mercy for Ireland?
Mostly because Ireland was Catholic. That being said, while the Cromwellian campaigns in Ireland were quite horrific, it's hard to say they were intentionally genocidal. It's essentially the Thirty Years War contained to Ireland: Protestant and Catholic factions fighting an apocalyptic war for survival against complete elimination with civilians caught in the crossfire. Much of the actual direct deaths were from Irish or British soldiers executing 'men at arms' for various perceived or made up crimes, but the vast majority of the deaths were due to the ancillary results of these armies at war (such as famine and plague spreading through a heavily broken country compounded by foraging regiments and moving populations carrying diseases).
No English government ever has.
William T. Little
I keep advising people to read Tom Reilly's book about Cromwell's time in Ireland it gives a much more balanced view
@Rhys Hoffman Cromwell made a good fist of abolishing the monarchy. The Putney debates exhibited for the first time ideas that would catch with the French Revolution and the American one. His religious concept for the state was not broad enough, alienated too many people at the level of popular practice - even post reformation. No one gave a shit about Ireland, so that wasn't an issue.
Charles II came back in the end through an aristocratic conspiracy - those knobs kept their powder dry, after they lost the Civil War - but laid low. I'd call them devious cunts: Oliver was a great man, but he had not established an able succession. The wily old Stuarts only saw an interregnum: the head of the king in a basket wasn't for them the final cut as for the French Revolutionists. The English had done it first though.
I don't think many wanted the king back: he came back - and that was that with bloody revenge wreaked. Went over most people's heads, except of course if you were identified with the losing side.
@Rhys Hoffman bollocks...he was a great man fighting agains corruption and superstition.
*This movie producers truly made a story as if William Shakespeare wrote it*
“All the trees said to the thornbush, Come and be our king. But the thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to make me king over you, come and find shelter in my shade. But if you don’t want to do this, let fire come out of the thornbush! Let the fire burn even the cedar trees of Lebanon!” --Judges 9:7-21
'Oliver Cromwell, The only man with any guts in the whole of English History!!', Napoleon, Time Bandits......
An Irishman playing Cromwell? I saw him in Camelot in perth Australia .he was at the backdoor after the show my best friend was with me he talked to us very nicely.great king Arthur. The British actors are so kind.
Very true but The Irish aren’t British. Only the Northern
I had the same experience when he toured Canada with Camelot. My mom and I saw him at his stop in Hamilton. He signed my program at the stage door, was very pleasant though obviously tired, still had his stage makeup on. He spent some time with the well-wishers and autograph seekers, then stepped into a limo and was gone.
This is exactly what needs to happen today.
Except heads need to roll.
If Cromwell really wanted to make the nation democratic and give it back to the people, he would have overseen elections of new members of the house of commons. Instead he set himself on the throne. When he died, the monarchy was restored.
Agreed, a complete clear out is required, both side and their various side shows like the liberals and SNP need to be removed.
Agreed! 100%
Hear hear.
A tyrant is a tyrant. Even with fancy words.
Ironic that an Irishman could portray Cromwell with such skill.
Well it's called acting.
@@cambs0181 And darn good acting. He could read a box of cereal and make it interesting.
Here here Oliver,
WHY can't we have a return to honest sincere political rule truly representing the public?
Instead of - corrupt, self serving power hungry hypercritical, tricksters, as we have today.
How right Oliver Cromwell was and still is, whenever I watch this film about events that happened...400 years ago now, I see it is eerily close to today's political process, Cromwell marked a revolutionary change in this Country that we gain from to this day, in the area's of education, democracy etc.
Politicians pretend to have money to spend on us
And we pretend to believe them
Peter Hitchens
some short years later, the British people "..we want the fun king back..."
Speaking about todays Royals if they left l would'nt want them back . Let the Yanks have 'em . Save us a fortune [ that we could spend on refugees and illegal immigrants . ]
@@clouddog2393 that's what they said before beheading the King...
@@clouddog2393 The royal family makes this country more than it uses through the tourists they bring the queen/king also holds parliment accountable hence why you can sue the prime minster whilst in office you also forget that the queen/king can look at a man like trump and decide that they don't want that kind of moron running their country and call for a re-election that is the kind of unbiased counter balance a country like america desperately needs but your ignorance wouldn't know that would it
Proof that an English, and later a British republic never worked, and will never work!
wasn't really "the people" though. Unless by people you mean
rich, male, landed gentry.
Would love to give this speech in the current house of commons.
This rings so true today.
masterful performance by Harris
Every British politician should be forced, by law, to watch this video of Oliver Cromwell's famous speech. We can sack the King, AND the parliament. All we need id the armed force behind us.
Richard Harris yelling at parliament and calling them whore mongers is exactly what I aspire to be
Cromwell have made this statement as it is in today's world.
3:31 Best line of the video!
Listening to this I could not make out if he was on about the current parliament in 2023.
If Only we had him now
Magnificent portrayal of England's Greatest Leader the immortal Oliver Cromwell by a superb Actor!
Agree, this movie is so good, Oliver Cromwell is the best!
He was an eloquent statesman but definitely not England’s greatest leader. More England’s greatest dictator.
"I refuse to quit this chair!"
"By your leave sir!"
leaves.... LMAO
0:48 You can see the exact moment Cromwell gives up on Parliament.
What a statement.
Cromwell seems to be accurately describing the House of Lords.
And today's house of commons
and commons don't forget
Cromwell abolished the House of Lords for a reason.
This was the house of commons actually
There is no such thing as a perfect and just government or institution. Human corruption will always emerge.
Amazing an irishman playing cromwell
Witchfinder general also has cromwell in it!
Patrick Wymark plays Cromwell in Witchfinder General.
@@rogueriderhood1862,
The VVitchfinder General, of Atun-Shei fame.
Alec Guinness, Irish by birth, playing the King too.
@@johnathanryan2117 Alec Guinness was born in London.
@@johnathanryan2117 not sure were you got that from - think you're taking the "Guinness" name a bit too literally there !
I love how that mp talked back "I seem to recall that we cut off a king's head for such as this."
They're playing a little "fast n' loose" with history there having Sir Thomas Fairfax speak the line. "Black Tom" quit the cause when King Charles was put on trial for treason being against it and didn't enter public life again until after the Restoration. But it's a good line just the same!
THAT MP was Genral Fairfax g
@@geoffreycarson2311 oh cool even better he was a much better man than cromwell
Cromwell should have replied "For the moment, needs must. We didn't cut of his head so we could replace him with an immovable parliament made up of a greedy, rapacious set of crooks. Now get thee behind me Satan!"
@@pcjthe1 he just replaced that immovable parliament with an immovable lord protector
For a moment there, I thought Mr Cromwell was talking about the reprobates we have in parliament now!😀😃😄😁😆
Richard Harris man what an actor
Truly inspirational, a new cromwell would be very much welcomed
a religious puritan who committed atrocities in Ireland? yes very welcome
Okay why and how would that help you?
A New Dictator?
@@williamkinkade2538 a just and progressive government
You wouldn't anything just or progressive out of Cromwell. He banned theater, sports, Christmas and anything he thought distracted people from serving his version of God. @@AFGuidesHD
"if you want something done right, do it yourself"
They murdered a king for a cabal of oligarchs.
These days it is not so much the politicians we have to fear as the enormously powerful unelected bureacrats and institutions they inhabit.. Politicians are just the salesmen at the front end
I remember watching this movie when i was a young kid. It was dynamite than and much more so in today's world.
Strangely his sentiments just as relevant today, if only he were here now to end the modern shambles in Westminster.
MP Leo Amery: "Somehow or other we must get into the Government men who can match our enemies in fighting spirit, in daring, in resolution and in thirst for victory. We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all and we cannot go on being led as we are."
MP Leo Amery(cont'd): "I will quote Oliver Cromwell with great reluctance, because I am speaking of those who are old friends & associates of mine, but they are words which are applicable to the present situation. This is what Cromwell said to Parliament when he thought it was no longer able to conduct the affairs of the nation: 'You have sat too long for any good you have been doing... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!'"
You probably need to explain that Amery was speaking in 1940, while Neville Chamberlain was still Prime Minister, the War was going badly, and the nation needed a new leader: "cometh the hour, cometh the man", and that man was Winston Churchill.
Please come back now Lord Protector, we need you.
"An immovable parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable King" (congress)
They just don't make movies like the used to... One of my favorites
outstanding actor
I love the sound effects of the walking
this is what is going to happen in our country today this is the kind of political leaders we have now, what a shame
Cromwell, earlier:
I love Parliament, I love the Commonwealth
Cromwell, this scene:
The Commonwealth will be reorganized in the FIRST LORD PROTECTORATE! For a SAFE and SECURE Great Britain!
I see George Lucas taking inspiration from history
Cromwell had some great chaplains, John Owen, Thomas Goodwin and John Howe.
My Cromwell was an optimist wasn’t he just. This reminds us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, he became the thing he most objected to, an absolute monarch in all but name.
This movie is amazing, it paints Oliver Cromwell in an accurate light
We need a man like this to sort out the clowns that are running the UK at the moment. I have lost faith in them all.
WHAT WOULD CROMWELL HAVE DONE TO THE PARASITES WE HAVE NOW ???
“You are scantier”!!!
I never heard the word used in that context and had me curious to look it up.
ONG thiis is whAT WE NEED!