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Opinion

Expression of a belief, conviction, sentiment

QUOTES

Everyone has a right to his own opinions, and chiefly to the opinion that nobody else has a right to theirs.
 Ronald Knox
 Reunion all Round, 1914

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
 John Milton
 Areopagitica, 1644

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.
 John Erskine
 

He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
 Samuel Butler
 Hudibras, 1680

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction.
 Bertrand Russell
 Skeptical Essays, 1928

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
 Samuel Johnson
 Life, 1780

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.
 George Santayana
 

See Also

References

History
  • Wm Randolph Hearst and yellow journalism

    Arts & Science

  • Blogs and bloggers
  • Radio talk shows - moderators, guests and callers

    Literature

  • The op-ed page in a newspaper
  • Newspaper columnists




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