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:

    “Give this to Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who won’t get carried away. I mean, we’re not murderers, in spite of what this undertaker says.”
    —Mario Puzo (b. 1920)

    “The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “Able people can do more.”
    —Chinese proverb.