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.
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Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, read more
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny
We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight read more
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!
Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
