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I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
- Richard Cobden
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I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.
- Richard Cobden
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I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress.
- Richard Cobden
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From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.
- Richard Cobden
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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.
- Richard Cobden
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But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.
- Richard Cobden
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Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.
- Richard Cobden
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You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.
- Richard Cobden
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I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.
- Richard Cobden
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Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
- Richard Cobden
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On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with a country with whom they had engaged to enter into arbitration.
- Richard Cobden
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A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
- Richard Cobden
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For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
- Richard Cobden
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At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.
- Richard Cobden
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I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments.
- Richard Cobden
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