#peasants

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#always #borne #europe #forgotten #help

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a revolt of the poor peasants in Western Europe might break out at any moment! ↗

— Herman Gorter

#assemblies #break #communist #europe #even

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#algeria #am #born #came #city

There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#bridges #building #died #folk #folk songs

Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

#attitude #dark #dark ages #him #i

Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#arrived #because #before #desirous #few

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#belgium #case #countries #everywhere #five

I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this. ↗

— Mo Yan

#become #down #famous #had #heard

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#burnt #capable #cricket #french #had