Nation of Shopkeepers


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Nation of Shopkeepers

name disdainfully given to Britain by Napoleon Bonaparte. [Fr. Hist.: Wheeler, 256]
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The remembrance of such a fact surely becomes a nation of shopkeepers.
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Make the high street cheap to visit, affordable to trade on, vibrant and exciting, and we can once again be a nation of shopkeepers.
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Being a nation of shopkeepers is ingrained in our cultural identity and consumer pride in the sector endures.
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To catapult Filipinas into a nation of shopkeepers, as Napoleon once insulted England in happier times, may lack the heady glamour of vast alliances, but it will define us most clearly, not as a Yankee ward, but as deeply committed to a prosperous life for all people in all nations.
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It was during this miserable period that he famously referred to England as a nation of shopkeepers, a description which, though meant to be disparaging (it sounds so much better in French - une nation de boutiquiers), tends to be looked upon approvingly by small business owners.
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Wales is a nation of shopkeepers, and those small firms are the lifeblood of the Welsh economy; which is why they need support to develop and grow.
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Yet others would have you abandon online shopping altogether and celebrate Britain's status as a nation of shopkeepers by visiting bricks and mortar stores.
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When Napoleon Bonaparte called us a nation of shopkeepers we were more flattered than insulted.
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It was Adam Smith rather than Napoleon who first proposed that the English are a nation of shopkeepers.
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We are a nation of shopkeepers and proud of it and this government, too, wants to see thriving local shops and traders and busy high streets.
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The sad fact, though, is that they have not moved in at the expense of the ruddy-faced greengrocers and cheery butchers of yore, but because that nation of shopkeepers has been put out of business by superstores, by online shopping and out-of-town malls, and by unsustainable rates.
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