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It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. ↗

— Josh Billings

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Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. ↗

— Josh Billings

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The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ↗

— John Dawkins

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. ↗

— Conrad Black

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These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. ↗

— Toi Derricotte

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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ↗

— William Blake

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