Quote#Wisdom
I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of…
Quote byJames VI and I · 1566–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speaking of the Puritans at the Hampton Court Conference (16 January 1604).
English (original)
I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of the land, or else do worse.
— James VI and I
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