"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
Topic(s):
Peace
More From Richard Cobden
- "But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half."
- "Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out."
- "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."
More In Peace
- "Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men."― Herbert Hoover
- "If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."― Nelson Mandela
- "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