"Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out."

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Source : Richard Cobden (1850). “Speeches on Peace, Financial Reform, Colonial Reform, and Other Subjects: Delivered During 1849”, p.102

Richard Cobden

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