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One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of read more
But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of nature.
[Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae
putanda est.]
One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more
One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
