#opinion

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. ↗

— William Godwin

#artillery #civil #civil liberty #consequence #follows

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#doubts #i #me #must #my own

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#duty #faith #imposes #opinion #painting

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#been #building #certainly #financially #good

The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world. ↗

— Al Gore

#critical #critical mass #difficult #enough #enough people

I've always avoided expressing an opinion about where I think the republican movement should go - if it should go anywhere at all. ↗

— Guy Green

#always #anywhere #avoided #expressing #go

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. ↗

— Bruce Grocott

#i #kept #long #more #opinion

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

#debts #men #never #opinions #repay

Right now, any opinion anyone has about whether dogs can or cannot really tell when their owner is coming home by some unknown means... nobody knows. The weight of evi dence suggests they can. ↗

— Rupert Sheldrake

#any #anyone #cannot #coming #coming home

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#figure #figure skating #half #judges #opinion