Democracy Quote by Alan Blinder

Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics.

— George F. Kennan

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

— Voltaire

Public opinion isn't formed independently, but driven by narratives from the political class and the media.

— Dawn Foster

In America, public opinion is the leader

— Frances Perkins

Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.

— Robert Peel

Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.

— Frank B. Kellogg

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

— Neil Bush

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side

— William Gilmore Simms

Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into…

— William Rounseville Alger

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing

— Henrik Ibsen