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We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for read more
We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as read more
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
The deep slumber of a decided opinion.
The deep slumber of a decided opinion.
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to read more
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
