Quotes by Cobbett, William

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the co >>

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are a >>

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; a >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that ca >>

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being >>

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become m >>

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.

Cobbett, William