Author: William Cobbett

Quotes

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

- William Cobbett

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

- William Cobbett

There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.

There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.

- William Cobbett

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

- William Cobbett

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

- William Cobbett

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.

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.

- William Cobbett

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.

- William Cobbett

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.

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.

- William Cobbett

Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.

Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.

- William Cobbett

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