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.
Edmund Burke tore into the directors of the East India Company,
accusing them of doing less for the country than India’s mediaeval conquerors.
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Carry Opinion With You
ByElizabeth Garrett Anderson
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.
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No Danger in Discussion
As printed inThe Morning Chronicle
It should never be labelled ‘dangerous’ to subject Government policy
to calm and honest criticism.
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War is Such a Taxing Business
BySydney Smith
Sydney Smith warned ordinary Americans that encouraging the hawks
in Washington would cost them more than blood.
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The Most Liberal State in Europe
ByVoltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
French essayist Voltaire provoked the wrath of his government
by explaining how England was superior to every European state including the Roman Empire.
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A Right and a Duty
ByDaniel Webster
The tighter the US Government’s stranglehold on dissent grew, the harder
Daniel Webster fought for freedom of speech.
