Look Not To The Politicians; Look To

The Idea Of Defending, As Integral Parts Of Our Empire, Countries 10,000 Miles Off, Like Australia, Which Neither Pay A Shilling To Our Revenue... Nor Afford Us Any Exclusive Trade... Is About As Quixotic A Specimen Of National Folly As Was Ever Exhibited.

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.

Treaties Of Peace, Made After War, Are Entrusted To Individuals To Negotiate And Carry Out.

Wars Have Ever Been But Another Aristocratic Mode Of Plundering And Oppressing Commerce.

The Progress Of Freedom Depends More Upon The Maintenance Of Peace, The Spread Of Commerce, And The Diffusion Of Education, Than Upon The Labours Of Cabinets And Foreign Offices.