In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.
I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain.
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.
These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.