Quote by Richard Cobden
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxatio

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 Cobden

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Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out. – Richard Cobden

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I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist. – Richard Cobden

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Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace. – Kent Nerburn

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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. – Herodotus

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For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people. – Ariel Sharon

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine

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