Sir Bernard Pares warned that after the Great War, Western powers must not assume Germany’s role as supercilious bully.

The Russian Consul in New York issued a stern rebuke to those trying to break Britain’s ban on slave-trading by sailing under his nation’s colours.

Britain’s first qualified female doctor, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, had a message for the first women to study for London University’s degree in medicine.

It should never be labelled ‘dangerous’ to subject Government policy to calm and honest criticism.

John Wesley called for a world in which no one was forced to go against his conscience or to serve against his will.

John Wesley wondered how those involved in the slave trade would feel if the tables were ever turned on them.