"A universal feeling, whether well or ill..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.
More by Abraham Lincoln
More on Opinion
“The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.”
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
“To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was sensitive to the possibility that if I was seen taking money for saying nice things about a product, my comments and choices and opinions would become, understandably, suspect.”
More on Society
“The history of the human race, viewed as a whole, may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature to bring about a political constitution, internally, and for this purpose, also externally perfect, as the only state in which all the capacities implanted by her in mankind can be fully developed.”
“The breach of customIs breach of all.”
“Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.”