Behavior Quote by Jan Struther

Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.

— Sybille Bedford

What is public opinion? It is private indolence.

— Georg Brandes

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

Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing

— Henrik Ibsen

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

— Mark Twain

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

— Walter Benjamin

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

— Anonymous

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

— Henry David Thoreau

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side

— William Gilmore Simms