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When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.

Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.

I find it preferable not to have public opinions about anything. It's good for me to shut up.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.

In America, public opinion is the leader.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.