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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.
Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.
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.
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
