John Bright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"ohn Bright (November 16, 1811 - March 27, 1889), was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. Bright was born at Rochdale in Lancashire -- one of the early centres of the Industrial Revolution. His father, Jacob Bright, was a much-respected Quaker, who had started a cotton mill at Rochdale in 1809. ..."
Articles
John Bright: Voice of Victorian Liberalism, by Nicholas Elliott, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 1988
"Bright is most famous for his part in the successful campaign for the repeal of the corn laws. ... For Bright, Cobden, and other leaders of the 'Manchester School,' free trade was inseparable from a pacific foreign policy. ... They rejected the argument that foreign alliances were needed to enforce a 'balance of power' in Europe ..."
"Bright is most famous for his part in the successful campaign for the repeal of the corn laws. ... For Bright, Cobden, and other leaders of the 'Manchester School,' free trade was inseparable from a pacific foreign policy. ... They rejected the argument that foreign alliances were needed to enforce a 'balance of power' in Europe ..."
Writings
On the English Foreign Policy - Wikisource, 29 Oct 1858
Related Topic: War
Speech given to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
"Therefore, if war has provided you with a trade, it has been at an enormous cost; but I think it is by no means doubtful that your trade would have been no less in amount and no less profitable, had peace and justice been inscribed on your flag instead of conquest and the love of military renown."
Related Topic: War
Speech given to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
"Therefore, if war has provided you with a trade, it has been at an enormous cost; but I think it is by no means doubtful that your trade would have been no less in amount and no less profitable, had peace and justice been inscribed on your flag instead of conquest and the love of military renown."