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].”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Pull out a Monte Cristo at a dinner party and the political liberal turns into the nicotine fascist.”
—Martyn Harris (b. 1952)