Famous quotes containing the words peasant, popular and/or union:
“That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.”
—Charles James Fox (1749–1806)
“Visitors who come from the Soviet Union and tell you how marvellous it is to be able to look at public buildings without advertisements stuck all over them are just telling you that they can’t decipher the cyrillic alphabet.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)