Public opinion Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“Public opinion is less tolerant than any system of law.”

— George Orwell

“Denial can cause the inability to view matters as they are.”

— Steven Redhead

The court doesn't follow public opinion. The court's views are radically out of step with public opinion.

— Ted Cruz

“None on the Court be well disposed to the hearing of reason,I'm afraid. They are gripped with fear for their own reputations.”

— Katherine Howe

“Those who based decisions on principle, not some snapshot of public opinion, were often vindicated over time.”

— George W. Bush

“Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not.”

— Rosalind Kaplan

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“Denial is the way people handle what they cannot handle.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

— Elbert Hubbard

“there is an overabundance of confidently expressed bad opinions.”

— Ray Dalio

“Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument.”

— Deepak Chopra

My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's decision is.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg