#public opinion

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating a malicious campaign against Russia. They don't realize that even conservative politicians have to react when newspapers and artists express their concern on such an issue. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

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In America, public opinion is the leader. ↗

— Frances Perkins

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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

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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

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I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them. ↗

— Curtis LeMay

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It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood! ↗

— Robert Peel

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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ↗

— Grantland Rice

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