Quote#Politics & Power
Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally,…
Quote byThomas Wentworth · 1593–1641
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 15 July 1634, To the Irish Parliament, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826.
English (original)
Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you.
— Thomas Wentworth
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