“Free Trade! What is it? Why, breaking down the barriers that separate nations; those barriers, behind which nestle the feelings of pride, revenge, hatred, and jealousy, which every now and then burst their bounds, and deluge whole countries with blood.”

About Richard Cobden

Politician • British

Richard Cobden was a British manufacturer, Radical, and Liberal statesman associated with two major free trade campaigns. He was a leading figure in the Anti-Corn Law League, which successfully agitated for the repeal...