Richard Cobden Peace Quotes

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What did Richard Cobden say about Peace?

Richard Cobden has written many quotes about Peace. E.g.,

  • The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
  • 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.
  • 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.

What are the top most famous Peace quotes by Richard Cobden?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Peace by Richard Cobden.

  • The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.
  • Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.