“Good criticism is very rare, and always precious.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)
“I have adhered to my rule of never criticizing any measure of war or policy after the event unless I had before expressed publicly or formally my opinion or warning about it.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)“It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt (unverified)“A Prince, criticised by his subjects, should never attempt to justify himself to them.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)