Able Quote by 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…

— 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

“The destruction of artisanal industries by colonial trade policies did not just impact the artisans themselves. The British monopoly of industrial production drove Indians…

— Shashi Tharoor

The industrial revolution in England was only made possible through intensified agriculture and the use of coal for manufacturing, which delivered far more energy…

— Michael Shellenberger

Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing.

— Will Rogers

There are the manufacturing multitudes of England; they must have work, and find markets for their work; if machines and the Black Country are…

— Goldwin Smith

“Although per capita income doubled during the half-century, not all sectors of society shared equally in this abundance. While both rich and poor enjoyed…

— James M. McPherson

A lot of crops depend on labor, but they're done by farmers that don't communicate with one another. They're never in the same room…

— Howard Graham Buffett

What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell.

— Mary Elizabeth Lease

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.

— John Bright

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly…

— David Ricardo

In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at…

— Joseph Hume