Quote by John Steinbeck
There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out where the People have gone. I don't mean the square-eyed toothpaste-and-hair-dye people or the new-car-or-bust people, or the success-and-coronary people. Maybe they never existed, but if there ever were the People, that's the commodity the Declaration was talking about, and Mr. Lincoln.
Summary
This quote suggests that in the past, there was a strong emphasis on the value of "the People." The speaker contemplates where this concept has vanished. They clarify that they are not referring to superficial or materialistic individuals but rather to a collective group of individuals with strong principles and beliefs. The quote suggests that the Declaration and Abraham Lincoln recognized and regarded this collective as a valuable commodity. However, it questions whether such a united and principled society truly ever existed or if it was merely an idealized notion.
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