Quote by Richard Cobden
Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to

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

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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

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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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The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it. – Jim Harrison

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Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing. – Christopher Love

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People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. Theyre also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time. – Hamid Karzai

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When you make your peace with authority, you become authority. – Jim Morrison

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