Quote by: Richard Cobden

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.


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  • NameRichard Cobden
  • DescriptionEnglish manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman
  • BornJune 3, 1804
  • DiedApril 2, 1865
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Economist