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The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people believe that immense fleets and armies are necessary.
William Cobbett
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William Cobbett
Age: 72 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 9
Died: 1835
Died: June 18
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A full belly to the labourer was, in my opinion, the foundation of public morals and the only source of real public peace.
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Learning consists of ideas, and not of the noise that is made by the mouth.
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Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.
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If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.
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Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
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I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.
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