As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.
The future will use and dispose of the memories of people that we knew as history sees fit.
Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and avoid repeating the mistakes of our past.
Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.
To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
In the United States, nobody needs to remind people of their own role or their own power in creating the future they want to see. Perhaps it is something that is almost written into your cultural DNA: a desire to answer your Founding Fathers' call to create a 'more perfect union.'
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
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