#opinio

The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#opinion #possible #reversal #supreme #supreme court

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#commitment #due #experienced #expressed #fact

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#admit #america #applies #doctrine #does

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#freedom #government #itself #only #opinion

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#compensate #cruel #discretion #display #employ

I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#ask #because #believe #censorship #character

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#also #authors #both #competition #honestly

It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat. ↗

— Jim Saxton

#act #critical #drastic #eliminate #endangered

Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues. ↗

— Jeanne Shaheen

#critical #form #how #issues #morality

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses. ↗

— Yitzhak Shamir

#democratic #democratic society #depend #even #events