Stories from Britain and elsewhere confirming the social and economic benefits of keeping politicians and their cronies out of the trade and business of ordinary people.
The Foreign Office had a long tradition of regarding a
strong Russian Empire as ‘not in the British interest,’ but John Bright saw only mutual benefit in it.
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A Dream of Independence
ByJohn Bright
In 1877, John Bright told a meeting of the Manchester India Association that he had
wanted to put India on the path to independence nearly twenty years before.
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The Repeal of the Corn Laws
ByJohn Bright
Richard Cobden realised that John Bright, overcome with grief after seeing
his young wife die, needed something worthwhile to live for.
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On Top of the World
ByDr Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori takes some of her pupils up onto a roof terrace, and witnesses a eureka moment.
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The Cradle of Our Race
ByEdmund Burke
Edmund Burke warned that the French Revolution could have a devastating effect on British and European culture.
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A Stitch in Time
ByJean-Baptiste Say
French economist Jean-Baptiste Say recalls a time when an ounce of prevention might have saved many pounds of cure.
