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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

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.

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

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

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

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

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

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.

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.

Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.

From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.