“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”
Vincent van Gogh
“Public opinion in this country is everything.”
Abraham Lincoln
“I think you've seen that ministers around the world have been affected by the strength of public opinion, churches, faith groups, and it does have an impact.”
Gordon Brown
“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”
Winston Churchill
“One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny”
Bertrand Russell
“Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.”
Oscar Wilde
“One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.”
