Would "known" be in the Biblical sense?  Not to be snarky/snarkish/snarkful or whatever the pseudo-word is, nor meaning to split hairs unduly.  In any case, among those I've met and/or known, however that's interpreted, they are wonderful, decent, gracious and generous people.  So much so, in fact, that I've seriously come to doubt the adage that people get the government they deserve.

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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
W. Churchill