Corn Laws Quotes
- Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God… — Ebenezer Elliott
- If the corn laws were altered, the British artisan might again be able to subsist by twelve hours' labour, a most desirable event. — Joseph Hume
- I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural interest. — Joseph Hume
- I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class… — Joseph Hume
- Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will,… — Joseph Hume