"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."

Food, Class, Interest, Laws

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"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."

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"Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce."

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