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 told the House of Commons that the American colonies’ refusal
to be dictated to by Westminster was the very spirit that had made the Empire great.
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The Duties of Government
ByJohn Bright
John Bright told his Birmingham constituents that if Britain was indeed
a great nation, it was because her public was contented and not because her empire was wide.
39
International Intermeddling
ByJohn Bright
John Bright asked the people of Birmingham to spread the word that a great
nation, like any good citizen and neighbour, does not meddle officiously in the affairs of others.
40
Truth By Statute?
ByJohn Milton
John Milton reminded Parliament that the Truth wasn’t what they
and their fact-checkers in Stationers’ Hall made it.
41
Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
FromThe Bee, or Literary Intelligencer
When Ambassador Molesworth criticised the government of Christian V,
the Danish king cried ‘off with his head!’.
42
This Dreadful Innovation
ByEdmund Burke
Edmund Burke explained to the Duke of Bedford that in politics
there is very great difference between change and reform.
