Peasants Quotes

Like medieval peasants, computer manufacturers and millions of users are locked in a seemingly eternal lease with their evil landlord, who comes around every two years to collect billions of dollars of taxes in return for mediocre services

Among conservatives there`s been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, `the people`... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

It`s going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can be pretty sure of. The Afghan peasants who grow poppies won`t get rich. The money will end up in places like Dubai.

With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.

(Some farmers are relocated. Others join the ranks of an estimated 150 million migrant workers drawn to the booming cities in search of jobs. Because of China`s restrictive household registration system, which prohibits rural inhabitants from moving to the cities, they are forced to work illegally, earning pennies an hour and without access to social services. While the migration is good for China`s overly rural economy, another 150 million peasants, lured by the promise of a better life, are expected to move to urban centres in the next decade.) China concerns me a lot because of the massive unemployment, ... I see enough people wandering the streets as it is. If they can`t keep this drive of construction and development, what are these people going to do? You just have to think about that. The Chinese are incredibly strong, they can take a lot more than any Canadian ever could. But I think there`s a limit to all that, too.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.