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Thomas Carlyle quote: "Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world."
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. Thomas Carlyle
John Stuart Mill quote: "Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often..."
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. John Stuart Mill
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back. Judith Guest
Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity. To practice good manners is to confer upon others not just consideration but esteem; it's to bathe others in a commodity best described by noted speller Aretha Franklin. Henry Alford
The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Martin Luther King jr.
William Lloyd Garrison quote: "Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular..."
Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? William Lloyd Garrison
Bryant H. McGill quote: "In America, educators punish those who actually think for..."
In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion. Bryant H. McGill
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century. Mary Wollstonecraft
We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that. Neil Patrick Harris
I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear. Benjamin F. Wade
Carrie Chapman Catt quote: "No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten..."
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. Carrie Chapman Catt
The fact - not theory - that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed. George G. Simpson
Fran Lebowitz quote: "Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance..."
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. Fran Lebowitz
The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense. Christopher Lasch

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