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Abraham Lincoln2 quotes
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. — Abraham Lincoln · 1858Public opinion in this country is everything. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859George Orwell1 quote
The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them. — George Orwell · 1945Harry Truman1 quote
I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? — Harry Truman · 1954Johann Kaspar Lavater1 quote
The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater · 1773John Galsworthy1 quote
Public opinion's always in advance of the law. — John Galsworthy · 1922Jonathan Swift1 quote
It is the Folly of too many, to mistake the Eccho of a London Coffee-house for the Voice of the Kingdom. — Jonathan Swift · 1711William Shakespeare1 quote
He’s loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes. — William Shakespeare · 1616