3 William Cobbett Quotes on Economy

William Cobbett quotes on economy

3. Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

6. To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.

23. A full belly to the labourer was, in my opinion, the foundation of public morals and the only source of real public peace.