Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal" Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal" I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout. Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
