Quotes by John Bright
1811 – 1889
John Bright (1811-1889) was a Quaker and a Member of Parliament who was active with Richard Cobden in opposing the Corn Laws and the war against Russia in the Crimea.
Bio
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War & Peace
John Bright on war as all the horrors, atrocities, crimes, and sufferings of which human nature on this globe is capable (1853)
War & Peace
John Bright calls British foreign policy “a gigantic system of (welfare) for the aristocracy” (1858)
War & Peace
John Bright denounces the power of the war party in England (1878)