“Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?”
Albert Schweitzer
“Public opinion in this country is everything.”
Abraham Lincoln
“It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.”
Mikhail Gorbachev
“This party will not take its position based o-n public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based o-n focus groups. We will not take a stand based o-n phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.”
Stephen Harper
“It doesn't mean something can't be orchestrated behind the scenes. This will be decided in the court of public opinion.”
George Bicher
“If the government does not achieve something in the next few months, public opinion will turn very rapidly.”
Reinhard Schlinkert
