“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
Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I'm reading the way a lot of technology executives have decried 'gatekeepers' and 'traditional media,' and that one of the promises of… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What's not for their applause, Being for a woman's sake. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is… — Allan Bloom 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
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of… — James F. Cooper 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
President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is… — John Dickinson 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
“Governments, whether they are monarchical, constitutional, democratic or communist, depend upon acquiescent public opinion for the success of their efforts and, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Politicians know that as public opinion learns to assert itself more aggressively, a government that goes against a presidential opinion can find… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
This is our right [to vote]. I urge people to come out. This hasn't - you know, the courts of law have… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“Chamfort, echoing the misanthropic attitude of generations of philosophers before and after him, put the matter simply: ‘Public opinion is the worst… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man --… — Clarence Darrow 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