“I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was a critic. Within the government I was a critic, pushing for reform and always at odds with power brokers within the party.” YearsGovernmentPartyFivePolicyCriticismCriticsReformFive YearsPushingOddsBrokersGovernment Policy Author:Jonathan Moyo
“Behind the epistemological scholasticism of empirio-criticism one must not fail to see the struggle of parties in philosophy, a struggle which in the last analysis reflects the tendencies and ideology of the antagonistic classes in modern society.” PhilosophyLastsPartyBehindsClassStruggleFailingModernCriticismTendenciesIdeologyAnalysisModern SocietyScholasticism Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Criticism should be done by critics, and a critic should have some training and some love of the medium he is discussing. But these days, gossip-columnist training seems to be enough qualification. I suppose an ability to stand on your feet through interminable cocktail parties and swig interminable gins in between devouring masses of fried prawns may just possibly help you to understand and appreciate what a director is getting at, but for the life of me I can't see how.” ShouldMayI CanDoneEnoughHelpingSeemsAbilityPartyFeetDirectorsMassTrainingAppreciateCriticismShould HaveCriticsMediumsThese DaysGossipDiscussingCocktailsQualificationsGinColumnistsDevouringCocktail PartiesPrawns Author:Peter Sellers
“Is the Labour Party to remain a democratic party in which the right of free criticism and free debate is not merely tolerated but encouraged? Or are the rank and file of the party to be bludgeoned or cowed into an uncritical subservience towards the leadership?” PartyCriticismDemocraticDebateLabourFilesDemocratic PartyLabour PartySubservience Author:Michael Foot
“There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.” KindBookSometimesMovingCertainPartyClearOne ThingNew YorkConversationCriticismVariousReviewsNew BooksLiterary CriticismDerivatives Author:Anna Quindlen
“I have followed the Church in giving our party program the character of unalterable finality, like the Creed. The Church has never allowed the Creed to be interfered with. It is fifteen hundred years since it was formulated, but every suggestion for its amendment, every logical criticism, or attack on it, has been rejected.” GivingYearsHas BeensCharacterChurchReligiousPartyHundredProgramCriticismLogicalAmendmentsCreedsFifteenRejectedSuggestionsFinality Author:Adolf Hitler
“We also have no taboos against freedom of expression. Although I am president, I must confront the criticism of party members in my election district once every three months. In addition, people pay close attention to what my wife does and how my children live.” PeopleChildrenDoeThreePresidentPartyPayAttentionWifeExpressionMonthsMembersCriticismElectionMy WifeMy ChildrenTabooFreedom Of ExpressionThree Months Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“In the Communist Party, we address problems very openly and sometimes very vocally, and we point out abuses. This is a good thing. We exercise self-criticism once a year. Although 80 percent of the members of the National Assembly are also members of the Communist Party, this does not prevent them from sharply criticizing the administrative and governmental system.” YearsDoeSelfSometimesProblemPartyExerciseMembersPercentCriticismAbuseGood ThingsAddressesCriticizeCommunistAssemblyAdministrativeCommunist PartySelf Criticism Author:Nguyen Minh Triet