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:

    “Grand Hotel. Always the same. People come. People go. Nothing ever happens.”
    —William A. Drake (1900–1965)

    “I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.”
    —Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    “Superior people remain kind and just even in poverty, but lowly people who become rich lord it over others.”
    —Chinese proverb.