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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

— Alexander Hamilton

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

— Alcuin

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

— Haskell Wexler

You don't need the 'voice of God' commentary. Instead, by juxtaposing contradictory or confirmatory witnesses and archive material, your point of view becomes obvious.

— Marcel Ophuls

Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.

— Gene Robinson

The right I claim is that of every human being to speak what he believes to be the truth to whomever he may meet on his way.

— George A. Moore

The community in which one hears the voice of God structures how one hears that voice and interprets what it says.

— David Novak

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

— Erika Slezak

I've been a voice for many people.

— Lou Barletta

✗Opposing Perspectives

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

— Samuel Butler

In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.

— James P. Carse