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.
Richard CobdenPeople who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.
Richard CobdenThe landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.
Richard CobdenOn 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