Public Opinion Polls

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

“We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer “Yes, but I did it for the money” satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)

“There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)

“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)