Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I find it preferable not to have public opinions about anything. It's good for me to shut up.
There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.
We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free, even on the most difficult issues. Especially on the most difficult issues. The task is to encourage controversial debates in a form that strengthens democracy.
I have long argued that no one should be allowed to write opinion without spending years as a reporter - nothing like interviewing all four eyewitnesses to an automobile accident and then trying to write an accurate account of what happened.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.