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 liberals can understand everything but people who don’t understand them.
    Lenny Bruce (1925–1966)

    Laws can be wrong and laws can be cruel. And the people who live only by the law are both wrong and cruel.
    —Ardel Wray. Mark Robson. Thea (Ellen Drew)

    Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
    And all the people began to laugh;
    And then the Queen began to speak,
    ‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)