Dissent
"To criticize one’s country is to do it a service and pay it a compliment. It is a service because it may spur the country to do better than it is doing; it is a compliment because it evidences that the country can do better than it is doing…In a democaracy, dissent is an act of faith,"
Senator J. William Fulbright

Dissent is also the highest form of patriotism. I can’t remember who said that.
Comment by Kami — March 19, 2007 @ 2:59 pm