Who said “There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People.…”?

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Steinbeck, J. (n.d.). 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. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/29290-there-used-to-be-a-thing-or-a/

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Steinbeck, John. “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.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/29290-there-used-to-be-a-thing-or-a/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Steinbeck, John. “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.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/29290-there-used-to-be-a-thing-or-a/.

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