#public opinion

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#opinion #opinions #public #public opinion #times

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#light #minds #opinion #public #public opinion

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#directly #disinterested #force #knowledge #made

I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#adjustment #believe #come #controls #end

Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#destinies #guides #human #human affairs #opinion

The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people. ↗

— Peter King

#anguish #causing #construct #deep #else

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#bad #bad government #becomes #government #later

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#consequences #leaders #opinion #opinion polls #polls

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#been #leadership #live #never #obsessed

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#avoid #beyond #goes #insofar #keep