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.
Facing defeat at the General Election of 1812, Henry Brougham
stood before the voters of Liverpool and made a spirited defence of liberty’s record.
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Banner of Liberty
ByWilliam Ewart Gladstone
In 1840, Secretary at War Thomas Macaulay treated the Union Jack
like a bully’s visiting card, but backbencher William Gladstone believed it deserved better.
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The First Opium War
ByJawaharlal Nehru
In 1840, the British Government declared war on the Chinese Empire over their
harsh treatment of drug smugglers from Bengal.
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‘Westward, Look, the Land Is Bright!’
ByArthur Hugh Clough
Though Arthur Clough had discovered that to be your own man was
a long and toilsome path, it was not a path without hope.
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No Platform
ByWilliam Belsham
Fiery young attorney Thomas Erskine stood up in the House of Commons to
denounce a bill aiming to silence critics of the Government.
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The Broken Window
ByFrédéric Bastiat
Inspired by economists in Britain, Frédéric Bastiat explained to
his own Government why their initiatives to boost the economy so often fail.
