Accepting Quote by Michael Parenti

First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is…

— Michael Mandelbaum

Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

— George Will

I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11…

— Jane Fonda

There are very significant ways around America on how to break its grip, which is, of course, a way to exclude dissenting voices before…

— Ralph Nader

It's wrong to criticize government without offering a possible alternative.

— Jacque Fresco

I've never met any strong critic of the United States anywhere in the world who gave us any credit for having limit on government.

— Robert Scheer

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

— Hooman Majd

Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles…

— Margaret Chase Smith

U.S. politicians must be able to criticize a nation state without every criticism - even the heavy-handed ones made for one-minute ad buys -…

— Mary Katharine Ham

Discussion in America means dissent.

— James Thurber

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do…

— Bainbridge Colby

To achieve respectability, to be admitted to the debate, they must accept without question or inquiry the fundamental doctrine that the state is benevolent,…

— Noam Chomsky