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A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

— George W. Bush

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Address at the Dedication of the National Museum of African-American History & Culture, delivered 24 September 2016, National Mall, Washington, D.C. reported in the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank. As Archived from the original on 21 February 2020.

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