Quote by: Joseph Hume

With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of our present situation in which so much distress exists - distress of our own producing.


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  • NameJoseph Hume
  • DescriptionScottish surgeon and Radical politician
  • BornJanuary 22, 1777
  • DiedFebruary 20, 1855
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society