In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it imprac….

Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves..

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 employme….

The people of the two nations, French and English, must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's wants. There is no other way ….

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

The idea of defending, as integral parts of our Empire, countries 10,000 miles off, like Australia, which neither pay a shilling to our revenue... no….

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as….

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labours of ….

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap..

I took the repeal of the Corn Laws as light amusement compared with the difficult task of inducing the priests of all denominations to agree to suffe….

Let it never be forgotten that it is not by means of war that states are rendered fit for the enjoyment of constitutional freedom; on the contrary, w….

I believe that the harm which Mill has done to the world by the passage in his book on Political Economy in which he favours the principle of Protect….

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 difficu….

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

Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less..

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

Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the po….

the twelve or fifteen millions in the British Empire, who, while they possess no electoral rights, are yet persuaded they are freemen, and who are my….

Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am..

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 i….

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 ….