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    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.

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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.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

by John Dryden Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, read more

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.

by W. S. Gilbert Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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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.

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We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
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He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un read more

He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

by Plato Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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