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Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be… — Robert H. Jackson
The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's… — Elihu Root
I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted. — Rachel Field
While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is… — Paul Bremer
Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language… — Ray Comfort
Without meaning, without substance, without aim: a mere 'public opinion'. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the… — Bob Kerrey
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then… — Thomas Jefferson
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering… — Al Gore
I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it is sixteen pounds… — James Russell Lowell
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced. — Elbert Hubbard
They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside… — Anthony Holden
Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place… — Anthony Holden
Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole… — Amy Poehler
Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion. — Will Rogers
In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious… — Napoleon Bonaparte
To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that… — James K. Polk
I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a… — Barbara Dana
If it is true to say of the lazy that they kill time, then it is greatly to be feared that an era which sees… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it. — Anatole France
With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of altogether, if that… — James Madison
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi

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