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:

    “Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “I hate that word. It’s return—a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    “The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 14:28.