The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence.
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.
To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the right of other free minds to utilize them in making their own decisions.