We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.

True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.