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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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

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I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments. – Richard Cobden

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I would rather have peace in the world than be President. – Harry S. Truman

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The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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If you go, go in Peace it makes the flowers sweeter along the path. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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When youre finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and youre going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell cant we learn to live together like decent people? – Frank Borman

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