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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters. ↗

— Ernestine L. Rose

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We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. ↗

— E. B. White

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I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

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The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ↗

— William Temple

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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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The people must know that from this day on, we want their opinions. ↗

— Jane Byrne

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Opinions have vested interests just as men have. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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