The English ‘Cato’ cautioned that sabre-rattling sanctions and other forms of coercion are never in the country’s economic interest.

There are solid reasons why countries with lower taxes and less regulation tend to be more prosperous.

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.

Chinese merchant Lien Chi tells a colleague that English liberties have little to do with elections, taxes and regulations.