speed passage 40 - Text Practice (2024)

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Today people are governed by opinions. The power of opinion manifests itself not only in politics but also in almost all the spheres of human activities and thoughts. It controls our religious beliefs, our social habits, our moral and ethical outlook. People want to make their voice heard and to manage their own affairs. So loud and continuous is the demand of the people that rightly or wrongly all states now claim to be based on the opinion of the governed. Whatever they do, they do in the name of the people. The most constitutional governments and despotic rulers swear alike by the name of the people to justify their actions. What, then, is public opinion? Public opinion is the opinion held by the people in general on any important issue. People are not made in the same mould, like a lot of bricks. It would have ill-suited the wants of the world, if it had been so. Consequently, even in the same country, men differ in disposition and manners nd opinions. Their sentiments, aims and objectives, thinking, all differ. It is necessary for us, therefore, to cultivate a generous spirit of forbearance and tolerance towards those who may think and act differently from ourselves. Public opinion must be based on reason and must aim at the good of the community on the whole. It cannot be called public opinion unless it is substantially shared by the dominant portion of the community. This does not mean that all people must think alike an in the same way; all that is signified is that on the essential points they must be in agreement, though on nonessential matters they may differ. Public opinion may be passive and false or active and real. It is claimed in theory that all governments are ultimately based n the opinion or sanction of the governed. But we fin that in practice the people's rights are often trodden down and tyranny and oppression are allowed to continue. The government does it not because the people want it to do so but because they are too idle, too uneducated and too disunited or timid to oppose the government.

Today people are governed by opinions. The power of opinion manifests itself not only in politics but also in almost all the spheres of human activities and thoughts. It controls our religious beliefs, our social habits, our moral and ethical outlook. People want to make their voice heard and to manage their own affairs. So loud and continuous is the demand of the people that rightly or wrongly all states now claim to be based on the opinion of the governed. Whatever they do, they do in the name of the people. The most constitutional governments and despotic rulers swear alike by the name of the people to justify their actions.
What, then, is public opinion? Public opinion is the opinion held by the people in general on any important issue. People are not made in the same mould, like a lot of bricks. It would have ill-suited the wants of the world, if it had been so. Consequently, even in the same country, men differ in disposition and manners nd opinions. Their sentiments, aims and objectives, thinking, all differ. It is necessary for us, therefore, to cultivate a generous spirit of forbearance and tolerance towards those who may think and act differently from ourselves.
Public opinion must be based on reason and must aim at the good of the community on the whole. It cannot be called public opinion unless it is substantially shared by the dominant portion of the community. This does not mean that all people must think alike an in the same way; all that is signified is that on the essential points they must be in agreement, though on nonessential matters they may differ.
Public opinion may be passive and false or active and real. It is claimed in theory that all governments are ultimately based n the opinion or sanction of the governed. But we fin that in practice the people's rights are often trodden down and tyranny and oppression are allowed to continue. The government does it not because the people want it to do so but because they are too idle, too uneducated and too disunited or timid to oppose the government.

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