Abraham Lincoln: With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed…

With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

In today’s wordsWith public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. So whoever shapes public sentiment goes deeper than the one who passes laws or hands down rulings. He decides whether those laws and rulings can be enforced.