“Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.”
Wendell Phillips
“Partisan party considerations and public funds and cost should not mix.”
Lino Spiteri
“The role was carved out for government backbenchers purely for Nationalist Party reasons, not to satisfy any constitutional and public need, as in the case of Cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, who head the Executive according to the democratic separation of powers.”
“One should not attempt to buy private loyalty with public money.”
“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