Cobden Was The Greatest Statesman And Prophet

Let It Never Be Forgotten That It Is Not By Means Of War That States Are Rendered Fit For The Enjoyment Of Constitutional Freedom; On The Contrary, Whilst Terror And Bloodshed Reign In The Land, Involving Men's Minds In The Extremities Of Hopes And Fears, There Can Be No Process Of Thought, No Education Going On, By Which Alone Can A People Be Prepared For The Enjoyment Of Rational Liberty.

Wars Have Ever Been But Another Aristocratic Mode Of Plundering And Oppressing Commerce.

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.

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.

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.