Peasant Revolt

Famous quotes containing the words peasant and/or revolt:

    “The lord is the peasant that was,
    The peasant is the lord that shall be.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Distorting hackneyed words in hackneyed songs
    He turns revolt into a style, prolongs
    The impulse to a habit of the time.”
    —Thom Gunn (b. 1929)