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You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.
Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.
An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.
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.
What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.
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.
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.
No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.
