Public Opinion Quotes

"Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential."

"Public opinion in this country is everything."

“The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact.”

"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right."

Thomas Jefferson

"A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it."

“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”