Distrust Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

— William Hazlitt

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

— Andy Andrews

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

— Anonymous

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.

— Bertrand Russell

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

— Sybille Bedford

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

— Abraham Lincoln

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

— Charles Spurgeon

When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages…

— Frederic Bastiat

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

— Tacitus

Anything that suggests the possibility of favoritism really begins to work against the public confidence.

— Burt Greenwald

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

— Walter Benjamin

In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common…

— David Hume