"There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions."

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"Public opinion is to an unconventional idea - what abortion is to sperm."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it."

Lord Melbourne, British Statesman

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"There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

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"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

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"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions. (1953)"

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"We never waste space saying, "On the one hand." We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice."

Arthur Christiansen, Canadian Journalist

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