Public Opinion Quotes - Page 6

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

Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage . . . I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

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

Public opinion has been evolving nationwide when it comes to marijuana policy, and Californians have always been ahead of the curve.

Public opinion is the last refuge of a politician without any opinion.

I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.

There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites.

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

In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.

Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.

When we are high and airy hundreds say That if we hold that flight they'll leave the place, While those same hundreds mock another day Because we have made our art of common things.

Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.

Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion.

Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion.

Painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion - and that in it one conquers by perseverance and not by giving in.

Unlike those theists who at least pay lip service to science and scientific method, Johnson is out to convict science of fraud in the court of public opinion.

And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which must otherwise be done by revolution. It is also the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man and improving him as a rational, moral, and social being.

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.

And fourthly there is a major shift in public opinion and attitude to accommodate to the post-9/11 mentality and the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy. I think the public has simply become increasingly accustomed to being turned away from vital information and is protesting less and less. You have some squeaky wheels out there, but I don't think they're representative of the population at large.

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

As the master politician navigates the ship of state, he both creates and responds to public opinion. Adept at tacking with the wind, he also succeeds, at times, in generating breezes of his own.