Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do -… — Joseph Hume Copy Share Image
I took the repeal of the Corn Laws as light amusement compared with the difficult task of inducing the priests of all… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over… — Joseph Hume Copy Share Image
If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable… — Joseph Hume Copy Share Image
There is sometimes an almost vindictive streak in politics whereby governments follow policies which they know will harm the electorate, but nonetheless,… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural… — Joseph Hume Copy Share Image
