It is an affront to our present, and it is a bad prescription for our future. History cannot be changed. It cannot be moved like a statue. What is done is done.

Mitch Landrieu
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Not all history is bad. History can be a valuable teacher and we can learn valuable lessons by studying it. History cannot be changed, but we can learn from the mistakes that our ancestors made. We can avoid making those mistakes ourselves by looking to the mistakes of our forefathers and taking on their flaws. If we live long enough, we will eventually learn from them and become better people ourselves.

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