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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 766567, member: 20205&quot;]I don&#039;t think its a controversial statement, it is a fact. I know Cromwell and the Williamites have a bad reputation with the Irish because they fought wars there to crush Royalist/Stuart supporters in Ireland, but as far as England and the wider world is concerned, their actions secured freedom from monarchical absolutism and led to the Bill of Rights and the dawn of the concept of individual liberty. </p><p>&nbsp;In spite of the sectarian nature of much of the political struggles in 17th century England, they instigated the modern concept of freedom, and directly influenced the American Founding fathers in their Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights (which was basically an edited version of the 1689 Bill of Rights) and the US Constitution...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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