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Quote by Robert Peel
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong

Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. – Robert Peel

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But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings. – Robert Peel

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If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. – Juan Ramon Jimenez

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