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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

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

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

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

I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all.

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

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.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.