Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Bagehot, Walter (1986), The collected works of Walter Bagehot, Retrieved on 2014-01-21
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    21 JAN 2014

     The Tyranny of Public Opinion

    You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberias, but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour. What espionage of despotism comes to your door so effectively as the eye of the man who lives at your door? Public opinion is a permeating influence. It requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
    Folksonomies: public opinion
    Folksonomies: public opinion
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    It influences our thoughts more than any individual.

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