Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and ha…

Desmond Tutu
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Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us. ✨ Report of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission foreword (1998)
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Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us. ✨ Report of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission foreword (1998)

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