“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion”
Chinese Proverbs
“Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice”
Abraham Lincoln
“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”
Winston Churchill
“Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.”
Oscar Wilde
“Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.”
Mark Twain
“Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate”
Henry David Thoreau
“No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained”
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