Truth Vs Opinion Quotes

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

Majorities are no less exposed to error and frustration than kings and dictators. That a fact is deemed true by the majority does not prove its truth.

A thing is a thing, not what is said of a thing

Some men think the earth is round, others think it flat. It is a matter capable of question. But if it is flat, will the king's command make it round. And if it is round, will the king's command flatten it?

What is true has never been a question to be decided by polls or popular opinion. Truth isn’t ‘democratic’—it’s something that God has written into the very fabric of nature.

[Y]ou cannot determine either the truth or the right or wrong of anything with a poll. You can only tabulate people's opinions.

Rulers who prefer popular opinion to truth have as much power as robbers in the desert.

If you say to people that there's less violence today than in the past, they would be stunned to hear that. But it's the truth, even though we have awful things happening in Syria or Sudan.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.