Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
The Solitudes of Nature and of Man: Or, The Loneliness of Human Life (ed. 1867)
Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
The Solitudes of Nature and of Man: Or, The Loneliness of Human Life (ed. 1867)