“[...] all of the good-intentioners who wanted to 'do something for the common people' were insignificant, because the 'common people' were able… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Whenever education and refinement carry us away from the common people, they are growing towards selfishness, which is the monster evil of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In ancient times, any man rising up above the common people tried to shape his life according to his principles; it is… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people. — Cal Stoll Copy Share Image
God may have loved the common people, but a trip to any shopping mall suggests that He made far too many of… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“So the cold barracks were spared, lonely as they were, and the armories were unscathed, empty as they were, and the larders… — Mike S. Elton Copy Share Image
“Some of us have to fight. There are great traditions of liberty to defend. I am no partisan man. Where I see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“The great tragedy that I have witnessed over and over again is that we keep underestimating how much God wants to do… — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
“From an early age I set myself above the monstrous fantasies of religion, being perfectly convinced that the existence of the creator… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
If the United States and the United Nations truly want peace and security let them fulfill the hopes of the common people… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“But the workingpeople, the common people, they won't allow it.' 'It's the common people who get most fun out of the torture… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
“You know," he said to his mother, "I don't want to belong to the well-to-do middle class. I like my common people… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The other pioneer of political public relations was Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, who sharpened his skills writing prowar propaganda… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A Three pronged test for any belief: Can it be verified by the sights and senses of common people? How is it… — Mozi Copy Share Image
“She's extremely common, but that doesn't matter. Lots of common people are charming. Like bounders. I believe no woman ever falls passionately… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand,… — Sherman Skolnick Copy Share Image
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
The difference between people isn't in their class, but in themselves. Only from the middle classes one gets ideas, and from the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is easy to blame your lot in life on some outside force, to stop trying because you believe fate is against… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
