Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.
Richard CobdenWars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.
Richard CobdenFrom 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 CobdenIn 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