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That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America
by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching
and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse. The public is the only critic whose judgment is worth anything at all. |
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We all do no end of feeling and we mistake
it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a
boon. Its name is public opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything.
Some think it is the voice of God. - "Corn-pone Opinions" essay, 1900 |
Poster with
a quote that differs slightly from Mark Twain's original statement.
From the Dave Thomson collection.
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