Catching Quote by Lee Kuan Yew

I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability to chart a course…

— Lee Kuan Yew

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.

— Lee Kuan Yew

Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.

— Rosalynn Carter

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

— Marco Rubio

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief…

— Harry S. Truman

I don't look at polls, I pay no attention to them. I pay attention to the public, and the sense of where the public…

— John Kasich

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Too many politicians are so worried about getting re-elected that they fear taking an unpopular position. I don't.

— Matthew Whitaker

I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

— Jeremy Corbyn

If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

— Margaret Thatcher

If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's last election…

— Bobby Jindal

In America, public opinion is the leader

— Frances Perkins