The following phrase is from a diplomat, pertaining to diplomacy: Speech has been granted to man in order to disguise his thoughts.
Category: Peace
PROJECT FOR A SPEECH IN FAVOUR OF FREE-TRADE TO BE GIVEN IN BAYONNE
Please let me show you the intimate connexion there is on one side between the restrictive regime and the spirit of war, and on the other side between free-trade and the spirit of peace.
FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION
Freeing trade is a question of prosperity, justice, order and peace.
THE STRATEGY OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL
The bond of monopoly is now broken and commercial freedom having been realised, there is nothing left to oppose the advent of political freedom.
LETTER TO MR. GEORGE WILSON
Should I try to report all the fruits seeded by free-trade, my letter would be unseemly long.
LARGE MEETING IN MANCHESTER
When we planted the olive tree, we never thought that its fruits would be ripe within a day.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
They dread the light because their actions are not pure.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
As for the shortage of work that is created by machines, there has never been a larger misunderstanding since the world was created.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
I believe that we are requested to do unto others what we would have them do unto ourselves.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
Making Great-Britain independent from the rest of the world requires to make the world independent from Great-Britain.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
Establishing commercial freedom means establishing universal peace at the same time.
FOURTH SPEECH
The spirit of free-trade excludes the spirit of war, conquest and domination.
ARMING GREAT BRITAIN
We are deeply convinced that free-trade creates the harmony of interests and peace between nations.
ENGLAND AND FREE TRADE
We are convinced that a people adopting the restrictive regime is rushing into an antisocial policy while making a bad move for itself.
INFLUENCE OF FREE-TRADE ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLES
And where did you see, my lords, that the freedom of transactions principle was purely, exclusively English?
ORDER AND FREEDOM
Freedom secures peace in two ways – the negative way, which roots out the spirit of domination and conquest as well as the positive way, which tightens the link of solidarity that binds men together.
LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PEACE CONGRESS, IN FRANKFURT
Wars no longer have vested interest as their cause or even their pretext, since they are always contrary to the real interests of the masses.
LETTERS TO RICHARD COBDEN
One day, people will say: “as we are not in a position to send the army back home, we need to send it over to rise up against other peoples”
LETTERS TO RICHARD COBDEN
I shall show that commercial emancipation leads to political emancipation.
LETTERS TO RICHARD COBDEN
I would have dismissed half of the army and three quarters of the navy. However, I am not a minister.
TO THE YOUTH OF FRANCE
It is not true that the great laws of Providence are hastening society along the road to disaster.
PEACE AND FREEDOM
Peace and freedom! It is certainly not possible to aspire to two more-elevated objects in the social order.