Public Opinion Polls

Famous quotes containing the words public opinion, public, opinion and/or polls:

“Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.”
—William Cobbett (1762–1835)

“The total collapse of the public opinion polls shows that this country is in good health. A country that developed an airtight system of finding out in advance what was in people’s minds would be uninhabitable.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)