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Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

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Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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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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Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. ↗

— Robert Peel

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

— Steve Forbes

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