On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating…

Richard Cobden
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On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with a country with whom they had engaged to enter into arbitration. ✨ Richard Cobden (1850). Speeches on Peace, Financial Reform, Colonial Reform, and Other Subjects: Delivered During 1849, p.101
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