Disregard public opinion when it interferes with your duty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Prioritize your obligations over popular opinion when the two conflict.
- In plain terms
- Ignore what others think if it stops you from doing your job.
- What can you take from it?
- Duty comes before popularity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does public opinion help your duty?
- How do you define your duty?
Another view
Sometimes public opinion reveals blind spots in one's duty.
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