“It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes have been pointed out, and the reviewer can't put it off indefinitely with sneers, although some neophytes might be tempted to try: "When in doubt, stick out your tongue" is a safe rule that never cost one any readers. But there's nothing strong about it, and it has nothing to do with the real business of criticism, which is to do justice to the best work of one's time, so that nothing gets lost.” ThinkingTryingHas BeensImportantRealMightFormArtistLostStrongJusticeMistakeDoubtReaderCostSafeCriticismSticksTongueStrongestTemptedBest WorkFallacyReviewersWhen In DoubtSneerImportant Work Author:Wilfrid Sheed
“You know, we did a good job in containing the Soviet Union, but we made a lot of mistakes, we supported really nasty guys, we did some things that we are not particularly proud of, from Latin America to Southeast Asia, but we did have a kind of overarching framework about what we were trying to do that did lead to the defeat of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism. That was our objective. We achieved it.” KnowsTryingKindMadeRealityJobsAmericaGuyPoliticsLeadershipJusticeMistakeHistoryGenerationsPolicyProudEthicsStrategyUnionsDefeatHuman RightsObjectivesIdeologyCommunismLatinSovietForeign PolicyCollapseNastyAsiaSoviet UnionGood JobDiplomacyFrameworkCivilityLatin AmericaContainingSoutheast Asia Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause?” FeelsCan DoJusticeMistakeWonderCallingConstitutionHeyCommerceClausesHey YouE Commerce Author:Alex Kozinski
“In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.” IfsHumansHateJusticeMistakeStruggleRightsHuman RightsCampaignsBitterIndulgeIndulge In Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made, we have a tendency sometimes to almost take for granted or think it's normal that so many young people end up in our criminal justice system. It's not normal. ... What is normal is teenagers doing stupid things.” PeopleThinkingMadeDifferentEndsSometimesYoungGuyJusticeMistakeStupidNormalCriminalsTendenciesGrantedTeenagerMade A MistakeJustice SystemCriminal JusticeStupid ThingsCriminal Justice System Author:Barack Obama
“Everything that would be said against the Eixample's heirs, from Le Corbusier's 'ville radieuse' to Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia, was already said, with far less justice, about the Eixample itself. And all its critics concurred that the basic mistake was to have left the planning of a city in the hands of a socialist.” SaidHandsWould BeLeftJusticeCitiesMistakeCriticsPlanningSocialistOscarsHeirs Author:Robert Hughes