"It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions."
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"Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]"
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"To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet."
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"Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary."
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"When you come right down to it, opinions are the most superficial things about anyone"
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"I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me."
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"[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No!"
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"Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves."
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"Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?"
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"Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction."
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"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."
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"Party is organized opinion."
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"I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another."
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"It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular."
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"As far as all players [being unfairly connected], people have their own opinions, and they're usually from the outside looking in. I don't listen to someone who is on the outside of what we're dealing with every day on the inside."
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"I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion."
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"I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful."
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"I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me."
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"Opinion is the queen of the world."
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"I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security. If I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public's opinion or what I'm wearing or what job I'm doing, there's no stability in that."
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