#public opinion

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. ↗

— Dan Rather

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

— Marco Rubio

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Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. ↗

— George Gallup

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No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion. ↗

— Robert Peel

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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion. ↗

— Samuel Alito

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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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