William Cobbett

Politician

1763-03-09

Quotes by William Cobbett

• Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.

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• I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

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• The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.

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• The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people, have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

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• To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.

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• From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

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• Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.

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• To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

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• Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor.

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