Quote worth remembering: U.S. Rep. John Dingell uses Oliver Cromwell to tell Detroit mayor to quit
August 17, 2008
Michigan's U.S. Rep. John Dingell meant Oliver Cromwell's quote from 1653 for Detroit's Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who's up to his neck in felony charges. The quote mentioned in today's Detroit Free Press from the longtime congressman:
- "In my reading of history, I found a comment Oliver Cromwell made as he dissolved the Rump Parliament in 1653, and I think it would be good advice for the Mayor now: 'You have sat too long for any good you have been doing late. Depart, I say . . ."
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