The people of the two nations [French and English] must be brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other’s wants. There is no other way of counteracting the antagonism of language and race. It is God’s own method of producing an entente cordiale, and no other plan is worth a farthing.
— Richard Cobden, Letter to M. Michel Chevalier [1859]
- Richard Cobden Biography
London School of Economics
- Richard Cobden: Creator of the Free Market
by John Chodes
Foundation for Economic Education
- Richard Cobden: Activist for Peace
by Gary Galles
Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Richard Cobdens Triumphant Crusade for Free Trade and Peace
by Jim Powell
Foundation for Economic Education
- Speeches on Questions of Public Policy
by Richard Cobden
Foundation for Economic Education