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