In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.
Opinion Quotes
There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since […]
Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.
There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.
As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
He who has an opinion of his own, but depends on the opinion and tastes of others is a slave.
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
