Speeches on Free Trade is a book written by Richard Cobden, a British statesman who was a prominent advocate of free trade. The book is a collection of speeches given by Cobden on the topic of free trade, which he believed was essential for the economic prosperity of nations. The speeches were delivered between 1841 and 1864, a period of great debate and controversy over the issue of free trade in Britain. In the book, Cobden argues that free trade...