"Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in
their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of
the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be
looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase,
and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances
will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring
them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing
all your estates among them." | by: | |
Source: | On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor, London Chronicle, November 29, 1766
http://liberty-tree.ca/research/On_the_Price_of_Corn_and_Management_of_the_Poor |
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