Public opinion, - a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity; deriving power no one… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
“The COUNTRY is controlled by LAWS> LAWS are controlled by POLITICIANS> POLITICIANS are controlled by VOTERS> VOTERS are controlled by PUBLIC OPINION>… — William J Federer Copy Share Image
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Of the trials that Eisenhower encountered in politics, McCarthy’s behavior was the most difficult to abide. In his private correspondence, Eisenhower repeatedly… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Market forces, not political majorities, will compel societies to reconfigure themselves in ways that public opinion will neither comprehend nor welcome.” — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side — William Gilmore Simms 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
“Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Spiritualism is but a baby now, an unwelcome stranger, whom public opinion, like an unnatural foster mother, tries to crush out of… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“China’s critics rightly condemn the government for controlling public opinion in all sorts of ways, from imprisoning dissidents to censoring internet discussions.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The view that honesty is something, and even a virtue, belongs, it is true, to those private opinions which are forbidden in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage. — Napoleon Bonaparte 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
I'll tell you what's the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion-the ruling belief in society about what is right… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion. — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image
