English - Politician | March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.
William Cobbett
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The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
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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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Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
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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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There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.
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To live well, to enjoy all things that make life pleasant, is the right of every man who constantly uses his strength judiciously and lawfully.
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To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children?
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The taste of the times is, unhappily, to give to children something of book-learning, with a view of placing them to live, in some way or other, upon the labour of other people.
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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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Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.
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