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Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden MP was a Rochdale mill owner and textile manufacturer, who in the 1840s led the campaign to establish the United Kingdom as a free-trade nation. He was a vocal critic of British imperial policy, Russophobia, London’s ambitions as a global policeman, and American slavery.

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The Moral Case for Family Farms

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden called on Parliament to support small, family-owned farms.

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Posted February 14

2

Character Counts!

By Elbert Green Hubbard

Salesman Richard Cobden wondered why his employers left a full warehouse in his hands without any kind of security.

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Picture: By Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883). Public domain.. Source.

Posted April 17 2024

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The Making of a Great Citizen

By Elbert Green Hubbard

Travelling salesman Richard Cobden was still in his twenties when he bought a loss-making mill for a hundred times his annual salary.

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Posted April 17 2024

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Pot and Kettle

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden wondered how the architects of the British Empire had the nerve to accuse Russia of imperialism.

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Posted October 17 2023

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Statesman vs Politician

By William Cullen Bryant

American journalist and poet WC Bryant numbered Richard Cobden MP among the world’s statesmen, not our politicians.

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Posted October 17 2023

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A People Deserving of Respect

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden deplored the way that politicians in Britain justified their wars abroad by portraying other countries as barbarous and backward.

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Picture: © LMarianne, via the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.. Source.

Posted June 21 2023

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