Sentence examples for mere citizens from inspiring English sources

Citizens are innocent until proven guilty, but Prime Ministers are not mere citizens.

With the stroke of a pen, we, mere citizens, become We the People.

As if anyone cares what we mere citizens have to say about all of this!

What if mere citizens were to adopt the philosophy of outreach and act on behalf of peace rather than conflict.

"When I was a mere citizen I got angry at things such as an abandoned plot of land next door to me.

"Here the priest is a mere citizen who has a job that many others don't do," he said, driving around his parish in his white Renault Clio, where a tiny soccer ball hangs from the rearview mirror.

The dethroned New York governor, a full year into the role of mere citizen, has thrust himself into the strident debate over the spending habits of the government dependent A.I.G.

The Onion has been tormenting Trump for close to twenty years, beginning back when he was a mere citizen-object of scorn, with headlines like 2012's "Donald Trump Stares Forlornly at Tiny, Aged Penis in Mirror Before Putting On Clothes, Beginning Day" and, from 2013, "When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead in About 15 or 20 Years".

The truth is buried beneath layers of arcane language and political manipulation a mere citizen can scarcely hope to dig through.

It was horrible, but they finallt found it & his associate was so relieved she hit him a sharp rap on the top of the head with her knuckles... Writer knows that the amount in question, according to the "Statistical Abstract of the United States" that he keeps under his pillow, is only the lifetime earnings of a mere 58.7 citizens & their lifetime earnings to play with.

Wanda is no mere private citizen dispensing secrets about the past.