Popular Attitude Quotes

6 quotes from 6 authors

People constantly gauge the mood of the crowd, and these six snippets reveal how attitudes toward authority, expertise, and entertainment are forged in media and everyday chatter. For a broader view, you might also enjoy the Public Opinion, Media Influence, or Social Psychology pages.

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“Paid product endorsements, especially by real or purported experts, constitute a steady rainfall of deception. They betray contempt for the intelligence of…

Carl Sagan

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I think that what's actually happening is the collapse of the Center - the centrist semi-coalitions, mildly social-democrat, mildly conservative, that have…

Noam Chomsky

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“It was said that its existence protected decent women. An unmarried man could go to one of these houses and evacuate the…

John Steinbeck

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... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never…

John Henry Wigmore