Reply #7: I believe very much [View All]

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in history. And while the George Santayana quote is oft quoted, it's true. Of course, we know this administration doesn't read books--or anything else for that matter, except perhaps for bank statements--so history holds no lessons for them.

If we ignore the lessons of history, and if we cannot move forward with a clean slate of expectations, we will never be able to learn anything new, nor will we be able to unshackle ourselves from the mistakes of the past.