Public opinion Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or…

— Henry David Thoreau

See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of…

— Henry David Thoreau

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

— Henry David Thoreau

“no one thinks of himself as a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he…

— Christopher Paolini

“He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to himself best…

— Samuel Butler

“In other matters no sensible person will behave so irresponsibly or rest content with such feeble grounds for his opinions and for the line…

— Sigmund Freud

A man of strong opinions is one thing. But a man whose strong opinions depend entirely on how he is feeling in that instant…

— Giles Coren

Every man speaks of public opinion, and means by public opinion, public opinion minus his opinion.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“A good opinion of ourselves is exceedingly necessary in private life, but absolutely necessary in public life, and of the utmost importance in supporting…

— Thomas Paine

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

“The quality of a man is not determined by the opinions that others hold of him, nor by the opinions that he holds of…

— C. JoyBell C

“Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers…

— John Stuart Mill