People

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, Jews are known as "the Jewish people", European Gypsies comprise the bulk of "the Romani people", and Palestinian Arabs have started to be called "the Palestinian people".

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Famous quotes containing the word people:

    “The people we keep standing in the anteroom of our favor either start fermenting or turn sour.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.”
    —Martin Luther (1483–1546)

    “Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”
    —Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)