Read the quotation from writer and activist James Baldwin (1924–1987). I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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Read the quotation from writer and activist James Baldwin (1924–1987).

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

–James Baldwin in Notes of a Native Son (1955)

How does Baldwin’s declaration relate to the Constitution’s preamble?

The ideals stated in the preamble were not meant to be applied to real life.
People who love their country should not criticize their government.
It is important to question anything that does not meet the preamble’s ideals.
The US has always stayed true to the ideals set forth in the preamble.