I wasn't alive when President Nixon was impeached, but I know that public opinion changed over time and that there was very… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
“Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.” — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on… — Samuel Alito 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
Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core. — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The first to grasp how sensitive Israeli public opinion was on the issue of hostages and M.I.A.'s - and therefore what a… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Public opinion takes no offense at the endeavors of farmers, workers, clerks, teachers, doctors, ministers, and people from many other callings to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“can impose sanctions only in limited circumstances, and in the past was often paralysed by the power of veto possessed by each… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time on college campuses, and I don't quite understand where the idea comes from that young women… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth… — Muriel Lester Copy Share Image
“Under a parliamentary democracy, such as in France, political influence can be secured by using money to create favorable or unfavorable public… — Günter Reimann Copy Share Image
We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
The newspaper that obstructs the law on a trivial pretext, for money's sake, is a dangerous enemy to the public weal. That… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Once public opinion is convinced that the increase in the quantity of money will continue and never come to an end, and… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
And fourthly there is a major shift in public opinion and attitude to accommodate to the post-9/11 mentality and the Bush administration's… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
“Most Russian girls usually only go in for Platonic attachments with never a thought of marriage. And Platonic love is the most… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“The import is not the kind of work woman does, but rather the quality of the work she furnishes. She can give… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“The ability of the Malay political leadership through UMNO to mobilize Malay public opinion caught the British by surprise. A people who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As believers in democracy we have not only the right but the duty to question existing mechanisms of, say, suffrage and to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The nation in arms is virtually a communist state: the people must be paid wages and fed and protected and regimented behind… — Jacques Barzun 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
Welsh rugby has done its dirty washing in public. It's nothing new. We're a tribal bunch. If warring parties want to sway… — Alun Wyn Jones Copy Share Image
“It is not always easy. Your successes are unheralded -- your failures are trumpeted. I sometimes have that feeling myself." [ Speech… — John F. Kennedy 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
I want to remind people that the Nazis weren't able to take the Jews to the crematoriums immediately. The German people wouldn't… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
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
If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
As to whether I will ever get out, it will obviously take some large measures of public opinion because the judiciary system… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The whole land seems aroused to discussion on the province of woman, and I am glad of it. We are willing to… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
I don't know what is stronger or what is weaker.The whole language of strength and weaknesses is irrelevant,because when you use arms… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In democracies, by contrast, the propaganda of the press and public opinion relentlessly promised servants that they, too, could reach the pinnacles… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think support of the straight community is very important and I think there has been a profound shift in public opinion… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 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
![“This is our right [to vote]. I urge people to come out. This hasn't - you know, the courts of law have refused to take this up in a just way. This needs to be decided in the court of public opinion.” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/jill-stein-660_court_this-is-our-right-to-vote-i-urge-people_3047005.jpg)
![“It is not always easy. Your successes are unheralded -- your failures are trumpeted. I sometimes have that feeling myself." [ Speech at CIA Headquarters , November 28, 1961]” quote by John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/john-f-kennedy-246_failure_it-is-not-always-easy-your-successes-are_1431901.jpg)
![“Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally wrong and immoral, not a mistake. And that attitude lasted as long as polls were taken in the early '80s.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/noam-chomsky-42_80s_take-a-look-at-public-opinion-about-70-p_103773.jpg)
![“One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham Lincoln's. That with public opinion there's nothing you can't do and without public opinion there's very little you can get done.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/barack-obama-17_abraham_one-of-the-things-that-you-learn-having_504252.jpg)
