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Henry Hunt
 
Date of birth: 06 November 1773
Date of death: 15 February 1835
Country Of Origin: England
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Politician

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    Henry 'Orator' Hunt (6 November 1773- February 15, 1835), sometimes known as Orator Hunt, was a United Kingdom radical speaker and agitator. He advocated Parliament of the United Kingdom reform and the repeal of the Corn Laws. He was one of the scheduled speakers at the rally that became the Peterloo Massacre, and the incident cost him more than two years in prison. In 1830 he became a member of Parliament for Preston, but was defeated when standing for r .... (More...)
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" I have done everything in my power to maintain, uphold, and secure your rights, but I have failed upon this occasion. I shall retire into private life with the reflection, that I have never, upon any occasion, flinched from performing my duty to you, and the whole of the working classes of the United Kingdom. "

Henry Hunt
" I have personally visited the factories, and witnessed the sufferings of the overworked children. but, my friends, you never heard of this. No, no, my speeches on the subject were all suppressed by the press. "

Henry Hunt
" We are Lilies fair, The flower of virgin light; Nature held us forth, and said, 'Lo! my thoughts of white.' "

James Henry Leigh Hunt
" Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. "

James Henry Leigh Hunt
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