But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.

Quote by Richard Cobden

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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.

For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the...

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the...

I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that...

I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that...

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce,...

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce,...

Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.

Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.

I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of...

I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of...

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by...

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by...

I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the...

I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the...

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too...

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too...

I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon...

I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon...

I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success...

I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success...

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with...

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with...

I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have...

I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have...

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job...

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job...

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.

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

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

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a...

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a...

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any...

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any...

The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most...

The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most...

On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty,...

On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty,...