On the record
The only thing worth having, in history as in life, is truth; and we do wrong to our past, to ourselves, and to our posterity if we do not strive to render simple justice always.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge emphasizes the importance of truth in history and life, advocating for justice to be rendered to the past and future.
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