“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”

About William Cobbett

Journalist • English

William Cobbett was an influential English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist, and Member of Parliament. Born in Farnham, Surrey, he became a prominent voice for rural England and a fierce critic of the political and...