The film opens with a quote from J. Swift. Notes References (subscription needed) External links A Modest Proposal (CELT) A Modest Proposal (Gutenberg) A Modest Proposal – Annotated text aligned to Common Core Standards A Modest Proposal BBC Radio 4 In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg 'A modest proposal For preventing the children of poor people From being a Burthen to their Parents or the Country, And for making them Beneficial to the publick. The Third Edition, Dublin, Printed: And Reprinted at London, for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux-Court near the Middle-Temple, 1730. Essays by Jonathan Swift Satirical essays Pamphlets 18th-century essays Works published anonymously British satire 1729 in Great Britain Cannibalism in fiction 1729 books