#opinion

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#commence #confidence #cowardice #disarm #distrust

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#continue #guided #never #oneself #opinion

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#democratic #free #his #mubarak #now

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#depressed #failure #go #guiding #life

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong. ↗

— John Major

#blocks #britain #built #communities #destroyed

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#anything #care #earth #face #hardest

If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#call #even #fiery #going #opinions

Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had. ↗

— Walter Martin

#false #gift #had #in my opinion #made

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. ↗

— John McCarthy

#sucker #you