“My question is whether America can overcome the fatal arrogance of power.”

“To criticize one's country is to do it a service... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism--a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation.”

“In a democracy dissent is an act of faith.”

“My question is whether America can overcome the fatal arrogance of power.”