Peasant Farmers

Famous quotes containing the words peasant and/or farmers:

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

    “I find ... virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)