william shakespeare considered public opinion as the mistress of success.
who consider public opinion as the mistress of success?
william shakespeare
the emergence of public opinion as a significant force in the political realm can be dated to the late 17th century. however, opinion had been regarded as having singular importance since far earlier. medieval "fama publica" or "vox et fama communis" had great legal and social importance from the 12th and 13th centuries onward. later, william shakespeare called public opinion the "mistress of success" and blaise pascal thought it was "the queen of the world".
public opinion
voters have mixed opinions on the effect of television coverage on court decisions. while 45% say that televising court's proceedings would be good "because the judges would consider public opinion more" in making decisions, 31% say tv would be bad because justices would consider public opinion "too much." 25% say are not sure or say that televising the court would have no effect on its legal decisions. while a majority of voters presently watch government proceedings infrequently if at all, half of voters (50%) say they would watch the supreme court of the united states' proceedings sometimes or regularly if they were televised. only 10% say they’d never watch the court.
cameras in the supreme court of the united states