I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
Of course I base all my election promises and policies on opinion polls — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Opinion polls sponsored by newspapers were traditionally meant to bring to the fore the mood of the people objectively. — N. Bhaskara Rao Copy Share Image
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Opinion polls are not worth the paper they are written on, in my view, through the conference season. They don't settle down… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
Judging by opinion polls, Israel has bigger problems than me. It is among the most hated countries on the planet. It should… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Nobody looks at opinion polls with more attention than politicians, but of course you've got to remember that a single poll is… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll… — Plato Copy Share Image
This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups.… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
But one thing is certain: the commandments have not changed. Let there be no mistake about that. Right is still right. Wrong… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. The majority consciousness has changed, and often… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
The liberated man is not the one who is freed in his ideal reality, his inner truth, or his transparency; he is… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense… — Larry King Copy Share Image
I think polling is important because it gives a voice to the people. It gives a quantitative, independent assessment of what the… — Andrew Kohut Copy Share Image
The most absurd public opinion polls are those on taxes. Now, if there is one thing we know about taxes, it is… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election… — Michael Howard Copy Share Image
I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls. — Dick Cheney 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
You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls… — Scott Pelley Copy Share Image
People feel that European institutions are remote and bureaucratic, run by shady cosmopolitan elites. Britain is not absolutely exceptional because if you… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
To me, the real opinion polls are the tangible facts: the growing creation of jobs, the number of planning permissions, the number… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
There's an opportunity for the corner drugstore to play a much greater role. Pharmacists have been extremely well respected - they're one… — Gregory Wasson Copy Share Image
I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical terms and… — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image