He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work their love for the journey we were sharing.

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

One of the hardest things for me now that I'm famous is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic ' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor ' it's crucial to say that.

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness for speech is itself a critique of life: it names it characterizes it passes judgment in that it creates.