William Cobbett - Thought Quotes

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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honoured by the name of speculation ; but which ought to be called Gambling.

William Cobbett

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

William Cobbett

All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view: the overthrow of the ruffian Boroughmongers. If I write grammars; if I write on agriculture; if I sow, plant, or deal in seeds; whatever I do has first in view the destruction of those infamous tyrants.

William Cobbett

As to politics, we were like the rest of the country people in England; that is to say, we neither knew nor thought any thing about the matter.

William Cobbett

Poverty is, except where there is an actual want of food and raiment, a thing much more imaginary than real. The shame of poverty--the shame of being thought poor--it is a great and fatal weakness, though arising in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves.

William Cobbett