Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great...

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great...

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without...

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without...

Money is economic power.

Money is economic power.

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness...

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible...

Life is a school of probability.

Life is a school of probability.

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who...

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who...

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.