More from Joseph Chamberlain

  1. [Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and …
  2. The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.
  3. Sugar is gone; silk has gone; iron is threatened; wool is threatened; cotton will go! How long are you going to stand it? At the present mo…
  4. You are suffering from the unrestricted imports of cheaper goods. You are suffering also from the unrestricted immigration of the people wh…
  5. Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence…
  6. There are men in the House of Commons who profess in a special sense to be the representatives of labour, who would not allow me, who repre…
  7. I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is one of…
  8. The great problem of our civilization is still unsolved. We have to account for and grapple with the mass of misery and destitution in our …

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