#criticism

There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

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Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

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The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#badge #cia #clarke #criticism #had

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#classroom #criticism #evolution #prohibiting #theory

There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people. ↗

— Lee Scott

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