• The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.

  Source: Renewal and Renaissance - Towards A New World Order (1997)

  Nelson Mandela
  South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader 1918-2013
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. contemplate
2. hopefully
3. deride
4. action
5. future

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The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future. by : Nelson Mandela

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