Quote#Heart
I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and…
Quote byThomas Wentworth · 1593–1641
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 12 May 1641, At his execution on Tower Hill, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826.
English (original)
I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and consider seriously whether the beginning of the people's happiness should be written in letters of blood.
— Thomas Wentworth
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