"Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode……" — Richard Cobden
"Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce."
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33 Quotes by Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
- A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
- Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
- Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.
- Let it never be forgotten that it is not by means of war that states are rendered fit for the…
- The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.
- It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I…
- Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.
- But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.
- I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any…
- I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion…
- On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with…