#opinion

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

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#good #good ones #in my opinion #lot #ones

When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the one doing the news. It's my show, and there's no place for opinion on my show. It's uninteresting to me. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#doing #fox #fox news #hear #hear people

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#exception #i #in my opinion #lot #me

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it. ↗

— David H. Souter

#declared #easier #modify #much #opinion

And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#believe #biologist #came #could #down