common people

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"The common people have supported us with an open heart," he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Mencken famously said, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Shakespeare rarely writes about common people, O’Hara notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Thomas Jefferson seconded the idea and warned that representative government would be the tool of “tyranny” unless common people were equipped with the skills to resist it.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

Being in high school, she knew something of parliamentary procedure, and thought it might be a good idea to have the chairman represent the common people.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey