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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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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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The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all.
Richard Cobden
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It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.
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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This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.
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Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.
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 confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist.
Richard Cobden
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In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction.
Richard Cobden
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Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.
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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.
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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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People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.
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