Humor Quote by Bertrand Russell

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is…

— Bertrand Russell

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

— William Hazlitt

Everyone has his own need for public and therefore public should not be artificially imposed on a person.

— Ilkin Santak

We should not be comfortable or content in a society where the only way to remain free of surveillance and repression is if we…

— Glenn Greenwald

“It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.

— Thomas Jefferson

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of…

— Edward Gibbon

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity…

— Scott Turow

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

— Andy Andrews

The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed.…

— Thomas Jefferson

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

— Anonymous