Though environmental orthodoxy holds that Third World deforestation is caused by rapacious clear-cutters and ruthless cattle barons, penniless peasants seeking fuel wood… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Who shall say that those poor peasants were not acting in the spirit we most venerate, most adore; that theirs was not… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
“The peasant of early modern France inhabited a world of step-mothers and orphans, of inexorable, unending toil, and of brutal emotions, both… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'… After all, we conservatives are… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“Like a couple of peasants huddled together in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Jack and Eliza performed their role in the Mass… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
The typical WW1 soldier was not an intellectual like Ernst Jünger or Wilfred Owen, but was a peasant draftee from Galicia or… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The national question is purely a peasant question...the best way to eliminate nationality is a massive factory with thousands of workers..., which… — Mikhail Kalinin Copy Share Image
Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, hungry nomads turn their herds out into fragile African rangeland,… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
There were no "unemployed" in the impoverished Polish countryside before the Second World War. Not a single unemployed. Every child that was… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I know animals more gallant than the African warthog, but none more courageous. He is the peasant of the plains - the… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some people have read a few Marxist books and think themselves quite learned but what they have read has not penetrated, has… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Though freedom and wealth are both good things which most of us desire and though we often need both to obtain what… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
In England, the population explosion can be linked very clearly with the enclosure of the commons that uprooted the peasants from their… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The serious problem is the education of the peasantry. The peasant economy is scattered, and the socialization of agriculture, judging by the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Man has subdued the world, but woman has subdued man. Mind and muscle have won his victories; love and loveliness have gained… — Mary Abigail Dodge Copy Share Image
“German soldiers, posted as informers, were found dressed as peasants, even as peasant women. The latter were discovered, presumably in the course… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
The peasant finds no "natural" urgency within himself that will drive him toward Picasso in spite of all difficulties. In the end… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
I am a stranger to half measures. With life I am on the attack, restlessly ferreting out each pleasure, foraging for answers,… — Marita Golden Copy Share Image
The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation,… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Nellie's brow furrowed. "The great Mr. Hip-Hop Mogul standing in line with the common peasants? How do you figure that?" Dan grinned.… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
With time environmental issues got much more complicated. It is pretty easy, if you know what you are doing, to stop a… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Under chattel slavery and feudalism, exploitation was concrete and personalized in the producer's relationship with his master. The slave and peasant knew… — Kevin Carson Copy Share Image
You don’t know what you’re talking about.” – Coyote “Arrogance. The number one cause of death among both peasant and king. Beware… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The Bible affects everybody's life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia.… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“The privileges of the Nobles of the Sword are not democratic ... Across the country, peasants have been burning crops and châteaux.… — Debra Borchert Copy Share Image
Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet… — Samuel Rogers Copy Share Image
Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The Mongols consumed a steady diet of meat, milk, yogurt, and other dairy products, and they fought men who lived on gruel… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule…… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I did not feel proud of our country, seeing that we were bombing peasant villages, that we were not just hitting military… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
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