Famous quotes containing the words public, opinion and/or polls:
“The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poets life. It is what he has become through his work. Not how is the idea expressed in stone, or on canvas or paper, is the question, but how far it has obtained form and expression in the life of the artist. His true work will not stand in any princes gallery.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“The right to vote, or equal civil rights, may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in courts. It begins in womans soul.”
—Emma Goldman (18691940)
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