Quote by: Joseph Hume

Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports.


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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