“The press of the United States? It is a parasitic growth that battens on the capitalist class. Its function is to serve… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Among a people without fellow-feeling, especially if they read and speak different languages, the united public opinion, necessary to the working of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Negative public opinion of a conflict and the politicization of the military can negatively affect service members and contribute to PTSD. — Brianna Keilar Copy Share Image
Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics. — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion. — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
I neglected my health, and I was reluctant to have medical check-ups. It was a fundamental mistake for a revolutionary, to the… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Obama administration leaks classified information continuously. They do it to glorify the President, or manipulate public opinion, or even to help… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
There should be no romanticism that international public opinion or even international diplomatic and economic pressure can defeat a coup without determined… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You cant win many elections… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of… — Clifford Allbutt Copy Share Image
It's not about preferring someone, it's about whose ideas are more close to you and whose ideas are more welcomed in Russian… — Dmitry Peskov Copy Share Image
Statutes are mere milestone, telling how far yesterday's thought had traveled; and the talk of the sidewalk today is the law of… — Wendell Phillips 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
In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion.… — George Orwell 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
“But its exclusive character and irreconcileable hostility to the religious cults and ceremonies with which the whole social life of the city-state… — Christopher Henry Dawson Copy Share Image
Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The 'public' is a phantom, the phantom of an opinion supposed to exist in a vast number of persons who have no… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
“How careful we must be not to think that God is less holy because others seem to get away with irreverence! We… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I won't ask you to tell me who has spoken ill of me, but I would like to know who has spoken… — Santiago Roncagliolo Copy Share Image
Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In 2017, there was a sudden recognition of several adverse societal consequences of information technology, from job losses due to automation to… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes. Flooding, storms, droughts are all getting people talking about climate change. I… — David Titley Copy Share Image
Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
Happy is he who looks only into his work to know if it will succeed, never into the times or the public… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I believe that the position of the friends of peace is strengthening. The friends of peace are able to work in the… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Persistently leavening public opinion, in a grossly superstitious age, with the theological doctrine of popular preachers, that woman is a sex of… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick 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
“I will no longer let the fear of vicious comments or replies stop me from speaking what I believe to be right.… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
