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The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)

It is my opinion that time brings all things to fruition; by time all things are made plain; time is the father of truth. (Quote by - Francois Rabelais)

What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions. (Quote by - Walter Pater)

Knowledge is true opinion. (Quote by - Plato)

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. (Quote by - Blaise Pascal)

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. (Quote by - Bruce Grocott)

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it. (Quote by - W. S. Gilbert)

The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense. (Quote by - Christopher Lasch)

A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion. (Quote by - Frederick Scott Oliver)

I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone. (Quote by - Peter Steele)

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect. (Quote by - Sandra Cisneros)

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. (Quote by - William Westmoreland)

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. (Quote by - Daniel Webster)

Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. (Quote by - Marilyn vos Savant)

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves. (Quote by - Charles Haddon Spurgeon)

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. (Quote by - John Ruskin)

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. (Quote by - Arnold H. Glasow)

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion. (Quote by - Thomas Hobbes)

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. (Quote by - Edward Bernays)

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion. (Quote by - Joseph Goebbels)

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. (Quote by - Katherine Mansfield)

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. (Quote by - Woodrow Wilson)

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. (Quote by - Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours. (Quote by - John Stuart Mill)

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