Contrary to public opinion and the image people have of me, I grew up in a very lower-middle-class, blue-collar environment 40 minutes… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
No state empowered to do what is supposedly necessary will restrain itself to those things. It will expand as much as public… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
“Healtheon was worth whatever investors felt like paying for it, and that depended largely on public opinion. Healtheon was running for president.… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
But there was no room at the inn"; the inn is the gathering place of public opinion; so often public opinion locks… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Public opinion rarely considers the needs of the next generation or the history of the last. It is frequently hampered by myths… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There are only two ultimate public powers in shaping and running American cities: votes and control of the money. To sound nicer,… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The chief cause of unhappiness in married life is that people think that marriage is sex attraction, which takes the form of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
One of the powers of a sit-in is its visibility and potential to mobilize public opinion; the way the protest is reported… — Parker Conrad Copy Share Image
“One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“I had, therefore, to resign myself to commissioning a duplicate from a jeweller in Madrid. They did the work very nicely. The… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“Sexual distortions carry strong undertones of prejudice—sexism, racism and homophobia—that rob individuals of their individuality. Common stereotypes include “men are all dogs,”… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
“The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Since every country stands in numerous and various relations with the other countries of the world, and many, our own among the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Public Opinion, this invisible, intangible, omnipresent, despotic tyrant; this thousand-headed Hydra - the more dangerous for being composed of individual mediocrities... — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Let experience, the least fallible guide of human opinion, be appealed to for an answer to these inquiries. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average… — W R Inge Copy Share Image
Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Now what is this truth? It is His gospel. It is the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
As a public official, when I take a position, I stand up to explain and defend it. I file annual financial disclosures,… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Isaiah was certainly a courageous man. Unafraid to denounce kings and priests, and unwavering when public opinion went against him, he boldly… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The aid agencies are not run by fools. they are full of intelligent people severely constrained by what public opinion permits.” — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
If you look at the public opinion polls even, support for all the issues, people who self-identify as feminists are as least… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Don't be swayed just because they say it's public opinion. Remember, public opinion is simple what everybody else thinks — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The court of public opinion should not matter, but we're all human. And sometimes things sting. But I think you have to… — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
