Peasant Revolt

Famous quotes containing the words peasant and/or revolt:

“The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

“When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)