Accept Quote by Preston Manning

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 public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if…

— Michael Bloomberg

The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by…

— Norman Angell

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a…

— John Hickenlooper

Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed to respond…

— Alan Blinder

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

— Elbert Hubbard

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

— Noam Chomsky

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics.

— George F. Kennan

The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

— H. L. Mencken

A willingness by politicians to say what they think the public want to hear, and a willingness by large parts of the public to…

— David Gauke

When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and…

— Preston Manning

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing

— Henrik Ibsen