“The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which… — Mark Twain 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
I am particularly interested in the indications that the people seem to understand and approve the necessity of pursuing the course that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Historically, mass demonstrations have worked best at shifting public opinion and pressuring the powers-that-be when organizers highlighted one concrete demand: 'Bring Our… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
When you believe in what you are doing, when you are seeking justice for the killing of Daniel Pearl, when you want… — Bernard-Henri Levy 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
“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
We were very effective, and I was very effective, in shaping public opinion around my campaigns. But there were big stretches, while… — Barack Obama 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
“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
“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
There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Public opinion contains all kinds of falsity and truth, but it takes a great man to find the truth in it. The… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I remember laughing when we made those slogans up [about abortion]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans… — Bernard Nathanson Copy Share Image
American public opinion, as you can see in the polls, radically changed from being against airstrikes to being heavily in favor that… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Fashion is not public opinion, or the result of embodiment of public opinion. It may be that public opinion will condemn the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
“The greater number of the young women, who envied Anna and had long been weary of hearing her called virtuous, rejoiced at… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world that could make me turn from the law. With a clear conscience, I am prepared to… — Djemal Pasha Copy Share Image
There are many issues, as everyone knows, in the United States on which public opinion leans very much to the left of… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A person of large dreams does not allow other people’s opinion to damper his or her zestfulness. Overcoming fear of making an… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“British data analytics company, Strategic Communication Laboratories, that advised foreign governments and militaries on influencing elections and public opinion using the tools… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“As though I had been going steadily downhill, imagining that I was going uphill. So it was in fact. In public opinion… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
In my life right now, in my music, and just overall I feel like I'm winning. It doesn't matter what this person… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
A majority of Israelis want to give up the West Bank for peace, and obviously the same thing is desired by the… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All… — Valery Giscard d'Estaing Copy Share Image
A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment… — Haile Selassie 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
Public opinion rarely considers the needs of the next generation or the history of the last. It is frequently hampered by myths… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
“Constantly exposing yourself to popular culture and the mass media will ultimately shape your reality tunnel in ways that are not necessarily… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
To speak seriously: the standards of "goodness" which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make… — Bertrand Russell 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
![“I remember laughing when we made those slogans up [about abortion]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these slogans today are very, very cynical.” quote by Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e80/bernard-nathanson-48489_abortion_i-remember-laughing-when-we-made-those-s_369215.jpg)
![“American public opinion, as you can see in the polls, radically changed from being against airstrikes to being heavily in favor that [President Obama] decided to do airstrikes. This is a classic example of leading from behind where he waits for public opinion. And now it's the public who's…” quote by Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5a/charles-krauthammer-1232_behinds_american-public-opinion-as-you-can-see-i_1228411.jpg)
![“Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.” quote by Valery Giscard d'Estaing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/773/valery-giscard-d-estaing-72493_dare_public-opinion-will-be-led-to-adopt-with_2295539.jpg)
