We in this country have been going through a long, dark night of self-criticism. We have been telling ourselves that America has tried to run the world, that it is corrupt, that many of our institutions have failed us and need to be "dismantled" under the guise of "reform." Confession may be good for the soul, but there comes a time when too much confession makes us weaker rather than stronger.
Sure we made mistakes, but who in this world doesn't?
-James A. Baker III, as quoted from a 1976 commencement address in the book The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
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