Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice

Public opinion in this country is everything.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate