Beto’s copy of the Bill of Rights goes from one to three. Mine includes the Second Amendment. But there are a whole host of people here in Washington… they would be happy to confiscate America’s guns. And if you don’t believe that, then you probably also still believe in Bigfoot.
John KennedyVoters quickly forget what a man says.
Richard M. NixonPublic opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.
Noam ChomskyOne cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
Douglas MacArthurYou can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can’t be English American. Why not?
Christopher HitchensAmericans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.
Bill GatesNobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
H. L. MenckenWe are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.
Walt DisneyPainting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
Vincent Van GoghThe American people abhor a vacuum.
Theodore RooseveltThe public is strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocols, so strongly in favor that a majority of Bush voters thought that he was in favor of it. They are simply unaware.
Noam ChomskyPublic opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Napoleon BonaparteWhen Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it’s been proven that they were not exaggerating.
Richard BransonHe who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Abraham LincolnTwo million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.
Joe BidenThe policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.
Huey NewtonI think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.
John KennedyI do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does.
Christopher HitchensEvery country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
Jackie ChanLeaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
Henry KissingerPublic opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.
Noam ChomskyThe public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Mark TwainAll movements go too far.
Bertrand RussellI venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Edmund BurkeOne should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Bertrand RussellTo summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.
Noam ChomskyThe polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
Noam ChomskyWe don’t want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.
Joe BidenThere’s backlash about everything I do.
Lana Del ReyA public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Warren BuffettIf the American people don’t love me, their descendants will.
Lyndon B. JohnsonYou pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
Bruno MarsEither the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States – old as well as new – North as well as South.
Abraham LincolnWhen President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements.
Robert KiyosakiA President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. TrumanThe Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James MadisonAmericans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James MadisonI have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint EastwoodAs for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking – or lack of thinking.
Thomas SowellThe more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.
Joyce MeyerWhen I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
Isaac AsimovI think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say… It’s like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They’re all opinions.
Tom BradyThe devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.
Joe BidenThere is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston ChurchillOnly Americans can hurt America.
Dwight D. EisenhowerGuns are bad, I tell you.
EminemFixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.
Barack ObamaI get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
BonoThere’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
Noam ChomskySometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.
Huey NewtonSome of my colleagues argue that by further curtailing our Second Amendment rights, they can enhance public safety. Fine, the burden of proof is on them.
John KennedyI’ve been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.
Abby Lee MillerDo countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.
Thomas SowellGenerally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.
Kamala HarrisWhen 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.
Noam ChomskyFor me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
Mahatma GandhiThere is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack ObamaWhen I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, ‚Well, what do you need?‘
Steven WrightI used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.
Christopher HitchensHow easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.
Che Guevara