On the recordMay 6, 2014
The purpose of memory is not simply to preserve the past, it is to protect the future.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“The purpose of memory is not simply to preserve the past, it is to protect the future.”
Remarks at the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation in Los Angeles
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