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

Other quotes by Richard Cobden

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

Category:
Education
Read Quote

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. – Richard Cobden

Category:
Education
Read Quote

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

Category:
Peace
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Peace
category

I declare that I will establish peace in this world. – Prem Rawat

Category:
Peace

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of mans dedication to world peace… a representation of mans belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. – Minoru Yamasaki

Category:
Peace

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. – Naguib Mahfouz

Category:
Peace

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. – Nelson Mandela

Category:
Peace

Random Quotes

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us. – W.B. Yeats

Category:
Self

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. Its a funny little game to play and its a slippery slope. I always say to myself Im never going to give anything away because theres never any point or benefit for me. – Kristen Stewart

Category:
funny

Weve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics – trying to play a serious part in the world – to a culture thats really entertainment-based. – Stephen King

Category:
Politics

It is most unwise for people in love to marry. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Love