Richard Cobden questioned both the wisdom and the motives of politicians who intervene on foreign soil.

Richard Cobden was not a little envious of the USA’s open and can-do society, but he did not covet her republicanism.

Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.

Richard Cobden told his audience in the London Tavern that however much sabre-rattling was heard in St Petersburg, the average Russian was a man of peace.

Richard Cobden realised that John Bright, overcome with grief after seeing his young wife die, needed something worthwhile to live for.

Richard Cobden asked Parliament to make a better effort to understand the Russian mindset.