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    One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

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But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of read more

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of nature.
[Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae
putanda est.]

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Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat read more

Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.

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It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.

by Mark Twain Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted read more

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man--public opinion.

by Clarence Darrow Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

by John Dryden Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

by Marcus Aurelius Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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