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
"We're friends of all the common people," he shouted.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
