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Opinion Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
- We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he…
- A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.
- We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. Therefore…
- Public opinion in this country is everything.
- If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
- Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.
More Opinion Quotes
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to… — Jane Austen
- Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. — Jane Austen
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet