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 Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be 
tolerated where reason is left free to combat read more 
 Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be 
tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. 
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted read more
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man--public opinion.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.
With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.
 Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is 
opinion that uses the force.
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 Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is 
opinion that uses the force.
 [Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais 
l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.] 
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.