Quotes by Public Opinion The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep he waters pure. Thomas Jefferson agitation public-opinion water 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. Thomas Jefferson public-opinion mind men Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree. Thomas Jefferson public-opinion degrees government An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion. Tullian Tchividjian public-opinion personal-opinions identity Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way. Valery Giscard d'Estaing public-opinion knowing way And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion. Vicente Fox public-opinion use feelings 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. Victor J. Stenger public-opinion scary pay Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. Vincent Van Gogh public-opinion faith art 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. Vincent Van Gogh public-opinion perseverance giving Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. Walter Bagehot public-opinion influence men Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. Walter Benjamin public-opinion judging matter Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion. Walter Lippmann public-opinion democracy important The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class. Walter Lippmann elude public-opinion class Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion. Walter Lippmann public-opinion newspapers organization The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. Walter Lippmann comeback public-opinion citizens I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way, he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service. Warren Beatty public-opinion house believe Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. Wendell Phillips public-opinion law war We shall no longer hang on to the tails of public opinion or to a non- existent authority on matters utterly unknown and strange. We shall gradually become experts ourselves in the mastery of the knowledge of the Future. Wilhelm Reich mastery public-opinion experts 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. Willa Cather public-opinion mistake thinking Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion. Will Rogers public-opinion politics years «1234567891011»