The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

We do not regret this, we simply state the fact and know that we need to look ahead, not backwards. We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move. But we must act based on a clear understanding of what happened.

The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.

There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.