I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any obje…

Richard Cobden
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I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress. ✨ Richard Cobden (1870). Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, p.30
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