Claims Quote by Elihu Root

People on the whole are very simple-minded, in whatever country one finds them. They are so simple as to take literally, more often than…

— Pearl S. Buck

“If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not…

— John Adams

“Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of…

— Richard Bliss Brooke

One always likes to think that other countries are not like one's own.

— Tom Stoppard

Political culture has become popular culture.

— Hasan Minhaj

Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.

— John Bolton

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.

— Thomas Carlyle

Where a country lies is a subjective decision and only in part a product of its own desire. Much, if not most, is determined…

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

— Michelle Obama

I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those…

— Benjamin F. Wade

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of…

— Bill Gates