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“The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
— Pierre Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Statement of 1970, as quoted in profile at the Canadian Museum of Civilizations, also quoted in York University: The Way Must Be Tried (2008) by Michiel Horn, p. 4
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