#public opinion

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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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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We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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Public opinion is a second conscience. ↗

— William R. Alger

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

— Albert J. Nock

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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

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

— Frank B. Kellogg

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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

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

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

— Marco Rubio

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