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
“Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team’s all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that an ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We must have faith, first, that the peasant masses are ready to advance step by step along the road of socialism under… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Finally I decided that since peasants were the largest segment of the world's population, it would be an honorable and worthy career… — James C. Scott 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
A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
It's the Democrats whose position is that the only problem in Washington, D.C., is the peasants aren't sending enough cash in for… — Grover Norquist 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
Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before the word gay had really been invented, was there's no such thing. Only a country, basically as mindless about these matters… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Who’s that? That’s the King. Who’s he? The Duke. Who’s she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does… — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I should consent to breed under pressure, if I were convinced in any way of the reasonableness of reproducing the species. But… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
There was movement along the fringe of Chauncey's vision, and he snapped his head to the left. At first glance what appeared… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
About 1911 I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of… — Sonia Delaunay 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
Sensible men no longer belive in miracles; they were invented by priests to humbug the peasants. — Alfonso X of Castile Copy Share Image
The American farmer, whose holdings were not so extensive as those of the grandee nor so tiny as those of the peasant,… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
With Bolivia, I had hope that a discriminated African-American, with another discriminated indigenous peasant leader, I hoped that together we could work… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The people who make reality are angry peasants with old cannon shells wired together, an anti-vehicle device. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
