Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a cohe….
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs..
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion..
Only fools, pure theorists, or apprentices fail to take public opinion into account..
But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I ….
The masses favor socialism because they trust the socialist propaganda of the intellectuals. The intellectuals, not the populace, are molding public….
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it i….
Public opinion is the last refuge of a politician without any opinion..
I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted..
Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core..
Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and ….
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments..