Opinion Quotes

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, the most inexhaustible form of magic we have, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it. (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”)

The source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some errour in Reasoning, or some sudden force of the Passions. Defect in the Understanding, is Ignorance; in Reasoning, Erroneous Opinion.

Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

A fellow can’t keep people from having a bad opinion of him, but he can keep them from being right about it.

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

The fewer clear facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion.

There is no such thing as spontaneous public opinion. It all has to be manufactured from a center of conviction and energy.

Contradiction: stubbornness versus stupidity.

The more opinions you have, the less you see.