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It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
Some have wondered, that disputes about opinions should so often end in personalities; but the fact is, that such disputes begin with personalities, for our opinions are a part of ourselves.
Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
The greatest deception which men incur proceeds from their opinions.
To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.
There is nothing in the world so easy as giving an opinion; consequently, in general, there are few things so utterly valueless.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.
Opinions, like weapons, are often made for defense as well as offense.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.
Unity of opinion, abstractedly considered, is neither desirable, nor a good ... for men may be all agreed in error, and in that case unanimity is an evil.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
It is in numberless instances happier to have a false opinion which we believe true, than a true one of which we doubt.
Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.