Carl Sandburg: Quotes about people

Carl Sandburg was American writer and editor. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“The people will live on.
The learning and blundering people will live on.”

Carl Sandburg

"The People, Yes" (1936)
Context: The people will live on.
The learning and blundering people will live on.
They will be tricked and sold and again sold.
And go back to the nourishing earth for rootholds.

People , Learning

“I am the people — the mob — the crowd — the mass.
Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?”

Carl Sandburg

"I Am the People, the Mob" (1916)

People

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”

Carl Sandburg

Variant: Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.

Life , People , Time

“There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.”

Carl Sandburg

In Reckless Ecstasy (1904)

People , Truth , Way , Understanding

“If she forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.”

Carl Sandburg

On America, in Remembrance Rock (1948), epilogue, Ch. 2, p. 1001.

People , Forgetting

“The people know the salt of the sea
and the strength of the winds
lashing the corners of the earth.
The people take the earth
as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope.
Who else speaks for the Family of Man?”

Carl Sandburg

"The People, Yes" (1936)

People , Family , Hope , Sea