Here is the thing you must bear in mind. I do not represent public opinion: I represent the public. There is a wide difference between the two, between the real interests of the public, and the public’s opinion of these interests.
Opinion Quotes
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.
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 […]
True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective.
We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this – that we may have and change our opinions.
Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
What matters is not the utterance of opinions. What matters is the confrontation of opinions in debate… We have the substance of liberty… when the wise man can increase his wisdom by hearing the judgment of his peers.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts. (Marquis of Halifax)
