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The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but in the course of ages there will generally be found persons to rediscover it Picture Quote #1

There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against political despotism Picture Quote #1

If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility Picture Quote #1

Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be Picture Quote #1

The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner Picture Quote #1

So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it Picture Quote #1

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In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part Picture Quote #1

Even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is, vigorously and earnestly contested, it will, by most of those who receive it, be held in the manner of a prejudice, with little comprehension or feeling of it's rational grounds Picture Quote #1

Defect of manners, want of government, pride, haughtiness, opinion, and disdain; the least of which, haunting a nobleman, loseth men's hearts, and leaves behind a stain upon the beauty of all parts besides; beguiling them of commendation Picture Quote #1

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests Picture Quote #1

Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied Picture Quote #1

To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility Picture Quote #1

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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing Picture Quote #1

Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, it's own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them Picture Quote #1

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum Picture Quote #1

I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God Picture Quote #1

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me Picture Quote #1

His silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion, and buy men's voices to commend our deeds; it shall be said his judgment rul'd our hands; our youths and wildness shall no whit appear, but all be buried in his gravity Picture Quote #1

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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything - not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion Picture Quote #1

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason Picture Quote #1

My personal opinion of Mach is not very high. Frankly, it's a piece of crap. It contains all the design mistakes you can make, and even managed to make up a few of it's own Picture Quote #1

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion Picture Quote #1

There is nothing sooner overthrown a weak head than opinion of authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass Picture Quote #1

Nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion of authority; like too strong liquor for a frail glass Picture Quote #1

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'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song Picture Quote #1

Good and evil... Are not what vulgar opinion accounts them; many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable Picture Quote #1

In the opinion of all men he would have been regarded as capable of governing, if he had never governed Picture Quote #1

It is looked upon as insolence for a man to adhere to his own opinion against the current stream of antiquity Picture Quote #1

There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it Picture Quote #1

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act Picture Quote #1

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The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but in the course of ages there will generally be found persons to rediscover it (Opinion Quotes) There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against political despotism (Opinion Quotes) If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility (Opinion Quotes) Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be (Opinion Quotes) The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner (Opinion Quotes) So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it (Opinion Quotes) In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part (Opinion Quotes) Even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is, vigorously and earnestly contested, it will, by most of those who receive it, be held in the manner of a prejudice, with little comprehension or feeling of it's rational grounds (Opinion Quotes) Defect of manners, want of government, pride, haughtiness, opinion, and disdain; the least of which, haunting a nobleman, loseth men's hearts, and leaves behind a stain upon the beauty of all parts besides; beguiling them of commendation (Opinion Quotes) To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests (Opinion Quotes) Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied (Opinion Quotes) To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility (Opinion Quotes) Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing (Opinion Quotes) Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, it's own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them (Opinion Quotes) Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum (Opinion Quotes) I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God (Opinion Quotes) I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me (Opinion Quotes) His silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion, and buy men's voices to commend our deeds; it shall be said his judgment rul'd our hands; our youths and wildness shall no whit appear, but all be buried in his gravity (Opinion Quotes) As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything - not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion (Opinion Quotes) All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason (Opinion Quotes) My personal opinion of Mach is not very high. Frankly, it's a piece of crap. It contains all the design mistakes you can make, and even managed to make up a few of it's own (Opinion Quotes) The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion (Opinion Quotes) There is nothing sooner overthrown a weak head than opinion of authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass (Opinion Quotes) Nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion of authority; like too strong liquor for a frail glass (Opinion Quotes) 'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song (Opinion Quotes) Good and evil... Are not what vulgar opinion accounts them; many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable (Opinion Quotes) In the opinion of all men he would have been regarded as capable of governing, if he had never governed (Opinion Quotes) It is looked upon as insolence for a man to adhere to his own opinion against the current stream of antiquity (Opinion Quotes) There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it (Opinion Quotes) It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act (Opinion Quotes)

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