Quotes by Public Opinion Fritzsche, radio propaganda chief, by manipulation of the truth goaded German public opinion into frenzied support of the regime and anesthetized the independent judgment of the population so that they did without question their masters' bidding. Hans Fritzsche public-opinion support independent The power of an aroused public is unbeatable. Helen Caldicott unbeatable public-opinion inspirational It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world. Harry S. Truman public-opinion honesty men Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing Henrik Ibsen public-opinion opinion Public opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of the mob's fear. It is piped into central factories, and there it is flavoured and colored and put into cans. H. L. Mencken factories public-opinion states Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent. Henry Ward Beecher public-opinion privacy society I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless. Horace Greeley public-opinion regret would-be In a two-party system, if both parties ignore public opinion, there is no place voters can turn. Howard Zinn public-opinion party two American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon. Hubert H. Humphrey public-opinion opinion ocean In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. Henry Ward Beecher public-opinion civilization america There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion. Henry Ward Beecher public-opinion coward men They all laughed at Christopher Columbus Ira Gershwin columbus public-opinion world Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. J. B. Priestley public-opinion garden children Fashion is not public opinion, or the result of embodiment of public opinion. It may be that public opinion will condemn the shape of a bonnet, as it may venture to do always, and with the certainty of being right nine times in ten: but fashion will place it upon the head of every woman in America; and, were it literally a crown of thorns, she would smile contentedly beneath the imposition. J. G. Holland public-opinion fashion america Only fools, pure theorists, or apprentices fail to take public opinion into account. Jacques Necker public-opinion fool failing But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion. James McGreevey public-opinion running firsts If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion. James Q. Wilson public-opinion support rights Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. James Madison public-opinion government real With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of altogether, if that were desirable. They have a hold on public opinion, which alone would make it expedient to aim rather at the improvement, than the suppression of them. As now generally constituted, their advantages whatever they be, are outweighed by the excesses of their paper emissions, and the partialities and corruption with which they are administered. James Madison public-opinion taken roots Private opinion creates public opinion. Public opinion overflows eventually into national behavior as things are arranged at present, can make or mar the world. That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important. Jan Struther mars public-opinion important «1234567891011»