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 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
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
“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
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
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time… — Albert Schweitzer 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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“On the question of the machinery of government, we have seen that a good deal of our trouble seems to have stemmed… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The success of totalitarian movements among the masses meant the end of two illusions of democratically ruled countries in general and of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“West Country novelist Thomas Hardy almost did not survive his birth in 1840 because everyone thought he was stillborn. He did not… — Phil Mason Copy Share Image
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“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
Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
