The correct answer is "the people" or otherwise known as the general population. Although it originated as a noble ideology, nowadays being called a populist can be insulting for many politicians because the meaning has shifted towards negativity.
He thought the business cycle would correct itself.
Delivered from the President's Office at 8 p.m.
My fellow Americans:
Tonight I want to talk with you about the remarkable events last week in Paris, and their meaning to our future.
First, I am deeply grateful to the many thousands of you, and to representatives in Congress, who sent me messages of encouragement and support while I was in Paris, and later upon my return to Washington. Your messages clearly revealed your abiding loyalty to America's great purpose--that of pursuing, from a position of spiritual, moral and material strength--a lasting peace with justice.
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