Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all.

This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.