I Regret Having Been The Bearer Of

Alas, Criticism Has Always Been What Human Beings, Especially Leaders, Most Hate To Hear.

Petals Floating By, Drift Through My Woman's Hand, As She Remembers Me.

In All Of History, We Have Found Just One Cure For Error—a Partial Antidote Against Making And Repeating Grand, Foolish Mistakes, A Remedy Against Self-deception. That Antidote Is Criticism.

One Of The Rules I Try To Follow Is That Normal People Are Going To Be Involved Even In Heroic Events

Reciprocal Accountability, Or Criticism [is] The Only Known Antidote To Error.