The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past,

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. – Zora Neale Hurston

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True revolutionaries are like God – they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. – Alan Lakein

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Were not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation. – Benjamin Carson

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