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

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

William Cobbett quotes: The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

William Cobbett quotes: But what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, "the metropolis of the empire"?

But what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, "the metropolis of the empire"?

William Cobbett quotes: You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

William Cobbett quotes: Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

William Cobbett quotes: It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

William Cobbett quotes: Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.

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

William Cobbett quotes: Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

William Cobbett quotes: All Middlesex is ugly, notwithstanding the millions upon millionswhichit iscontinuallysucking up fromtherestof the kingdom.

All Middlesex is ugly, notwithstanding the millions upon millionswhichit iscontinuallysucking up fromtherestof the kingdom.

William Cobbett quotes: Free yourself from the slavery of tea and coffee and other slop kettles!

Free yourself from the slavery of tea and coffee and other slop kettles!

William Cobbett quotes: The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.

The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.

William Cobbett quotes: 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.

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.

William Cobbett quotes: It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

William Cobbett quotes: Learning consists of ideas, and not of the noise that is made by the mouth.

Learning consists of ideas, and not of the noise that is made by the mouth.

William Cobbett quotes: Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.

Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.

William Cobbett quotes: He who writes badly thinks badly

He who writes badly thinks badly

William Cobbett quotes: WESTBURY, a nasty odious rotten-borough, a really rotten place.

WESTBURY, a nasty odious rotten-borough, a really rotten place.

William Cobbett quotes: I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

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

William Cobbett quotes: It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.

William Cobbett quotes: However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

William Cobbett quotes: Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.

Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.

William Cobbett quotes: Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

William Cobbett quotes: Without bread all is misery.

Without bread all is misery.

William Cobbett quotes: Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.

William Cobbett quotes: Protestations of impartiality I shall make none. Theyare always useless and are besides perfect nonsense, when used bya news-monger.

Protestations of impartiality I shall make none. Theyare always useless and are besides perfect nonsense, when used bya news-monger.

William Cobbett quotes: Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

William Cobbett quotes: To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

William Cobbett quotes: Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

William Cobbett quotes: DEAL is a most villainous place. It is full of filthy-looking people.Great desolationof abomination has beengoing on here.

DEAL is a most villainous place. It is full of filthy-looking people.Great desolationof abomination has beengoing on here.