Olympe de Gouges Quotes
… the unhappy Peasant cannot survive in his humble shelter; today pigswill is his only nourishment; what was once lavished on swine is now shared between man and beast. The People ask only for bread; they are even willing to pay for it with the sweat of their brows: at least let them eat it without watering it with tears.
Olympe de Gouges, 1748-1793, French Playwright, Abolitionist, Feminist, Mes Vœux Sont Remplis, June 1789
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In 1921, there was a terrible famine in Communist Russia. The United States was ambivalent about humanitarian relief to the leading Bolshevik county while there were Communist supporters in the U. S. who were setting off bombs and calling for the overthrow of the democratic government. Herbert Hoover persuaded President Warren G. Harding that food aid relief was a moral obligation and would do much to weaken Bolshevism. 400 ARA Americans went to Russia and hired over 120,000 Russians to implement the relief program. Rarely in human history have this few people with the resources made available to them saved as many lives as Hoover and his staff did. A number of the Americans died in Russia from disease and those who survived worked under near impossible conditions. Ironically, while it created much good will towards the United States, many including Hoover suspected that the program and the pressure that the Americans put on the Soviet Government officials for more efficient administration may have forced the Soviet Government to learn how to organize much of othe society like the railroads, thus strengthening the Communist Party’s control over the country.
Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.
During the Irish potato famine, other crops continued to be exported from Ireland. Some argued that without the exports the Irish economy would totally collapse exacerbating the pain to Ireland, but many others disagreed and argued that all available food should be used for the people of the country. For his seditious activities he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. He escaped and came to America where he entered politics
For his seditious activities he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. He escaped and came to America where he entered politics
He did previous research on the operators and their most visible factors of great wealth.
Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist whose writings on women's rights and abolitionism reached a large audience in various countries.
