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“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”

Art Faith Opinion Painting Duty Public Opinion Disregard Disregarded

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.”

World Looks Government Force Opinion Wise Subjects Duty Sovereign Public Opinion Monarchy Exalted Very Wise

Author:Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

“As believers in democracy we have not only the right but the duty to question existing mechanisms of, say, suffrage and to inquire whether some functional organization would not serve to formulate and manifest public opinion better than the existing methods. It is not irrelevant to the point that a score of passages could be cited in which Jefferson refers to the American Government as an experiment.”

Government Opinion Democracy Duty Organization Method Believer Experiments Score Manifest Passages Mechanism Irrelevant Public Opinion Suffrage American Government

Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939

Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939