Quote by: Richard Cobden

I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress.


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Author Bio


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