"In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food."
― Joseph Hume
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Food
More From Joseph Hume
- "We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation."
- "Our people are unemployed and anxious to work for the food which foreigners can give us."
- "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 and over every other interest in the kingdom."
More In Food
- "The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food."― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- "We are not hungry… Why foist this food upon us? We don’t want to be choked. We have enough."― Robert Mugabe
- "This president has said this has to be a priority for our nation, protecting our food supply from terrorist acts, so he continues to provide the funding that is necessary."― Mike Johanns