“ The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. ”
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“ This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all. ”
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“ I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments. ”
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“ On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with a country with whom they had engaged to enter into arbitration. ”
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“ The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. ”
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“ The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all. ”
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“ Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out. ”
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“ I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides. ”
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“ At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword. ”
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“ The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. ”
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“ Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce. ”
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“ For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. ”
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“ I should, therefore, be a hypocrite, if I were to say I have any particular repugnance to a system of education coupled with religious instruction. ”
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“ Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out. ”
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“ The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. ”
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“ A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment. ”
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“ I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards. ”
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“ This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all. ”
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“ People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have. ”
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“ For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. ”
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“ 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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“ People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have. ”
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“ 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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“ This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all. ”
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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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