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Richard Cobden

British Businessman

Born: Jun 3, 1804

Died: Apr 2, 1865

Any Been Country Government Peace War

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A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment. Richard Cobden

Minimum Comment Maximum Information Newspaper Should

But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half. Richard Cobden

Happiness Better Half Welsh

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

War Government Confidence Peace Year Down Increased Possessing Security Proof Having Duration Any Against Last Last Year

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

Man Matter Degree Country Party Inquire Distress Objection Am Motion Been Any Whereas Should Manufacturing Agricultural

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

Success Education Country National System Religious Hopes Idea Always Been Years Exist Efforts Confess Establishing Which Fifteen Communities Associated

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

Education Secular System Religious Adopted Combined Come Instruction Because Conclusion Same Precisely Any Holland Bodies Unite Found

Luck relies on chance, labor on character. Richard Cobden

Character Luck Labor Chance

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

War World Country Nation On The Contrary Enter Would All The World Arbitration Point Had Contrary Going Engaged Whom Violating Treaty

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. Richard Cobden

Long Too Has-Been Abuse Terms Been Which Landlords Tolerated

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

Government Problem Single Met Difficulty Considering Would Would-Be Solve See Point Most Am Form Cannot Whether Double Present

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