A Modest Proposal Visions of Ireland Quotes Page 4

I desire those politicians who dislike my overture […] that they will first ask the parents of these mortals whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old in the manner I prescribe, and therefore have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes as they have since gone through by […] the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor clothes to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather. (34)