Republican Peasant Party

Famous quotes containing the words republican, peasant and/or party:

    I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].
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    The lord is the peasant that was,
    The peasant is the lord that shall be.
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    Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.
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