Definition of Commons

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Commons

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.

Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.

A common; public pasture ground.

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Commons Quotations

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Winston Churchill

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
Oscar Wilde

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
Benjamin Disraeli

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
Benjamin Disraeli

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.
Stephen Harper

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.
Diane Abbott

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
Garrett Hardin

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
Garrett Hardin

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
Garrett Hardin

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
Garrett Hardin

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