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.
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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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| Birth: | 3rd June, 1804 |
| Death: | 2nd April, 1865 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Businessman |
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Richard Cobden was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League as well as with the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. He has been called "the greatest classical-liberal thinker on international affairs" by historian Ralph Raico."
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