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“Unless we confront our history, unless we deal with it and move forward, not with recrimination, and move forward then we're always going to have the problems.”

Quote by Warren Mundine

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Warren Mundine is a distinguished Australian political leader, born on August 11, 1956. He has been actively engaged in politics and has made substantial contributions to the Aboriginal community's rights and reconciliation efforts. more

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“People - whether you like to hear what people have got to say, not you have got to listen to them, and turning your back on people I found very insulting. If you're going to really make peace, you have got to confront each other and look each other in the eye, and that's what's happen - I'm always remember Yitzhak Rabin shaking hands with Yasser Arafat and the reluctance in - Yasser Arafat put his hand down and the reluctance of Yitzhak Rabin, but then he had that second and then he just shook the hand.”

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