Common Man Quotes

Common Man Quote of the day

I work for the suffering of the common man, something I am very proud of and will continue to do.

If one is determined to die for the truth, even a common man can create history.

This country [the Philippines] is like a pyramid, like a tower. It is made up of millions of stones... . And the foundation stone of this pyramid is the common man.

The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!

Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.

Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.

The strength of the nation lies in the well-being of the common man.

I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing.

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in high places.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldnt be only for the rich.

I am just a plain, common man.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.

What the common man cannot understand he hates.

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.

A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.

The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.

The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.

The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.

No one got rich on a government program. Do not choose to be a common man. You can be uncommon.

Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man, but it is the enemy of greatness.

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust. . . .

The people are the foundation of the nation. Our only chance for a lasting peace on earth: the release of the strength of the common man.

My inspiration comes from the common man and nature.

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.

Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people.

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.