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Public opinion Quotes

"How can I accept the Order of the Garter, when the people of England have just given me the Order of the Boot?"

"We have underestimated the ignorance of the masses."

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people"

"The elites are completely out of touch with reality"

"I don't think people listen to my stuff. They just listen to the bullshit."

"By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise."

"To some degree, it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public."

"To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great."

"I think the government must govern as the citizens allow it to govern."

"He who builds on the people builds on mud"

"I absolutely do care what people think about me"

"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"

"The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses."

"When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state"

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

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