I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.
Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.
My plays have been performed before children, workers, and peasants, and they have well understood the meaning of my theatre. What is needed for people to watch my theatre is a freshness and openness of mind.
It doesn't sound too good to say I am the son of a landowner, so let us rather say I am the grandson of exploited Galician peasants.
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food.
For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants would soon be on their side.
