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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Thomas Jefferson, 1816

Philosophy

Why it matters

The idea in context

Jefferson looks forward without dismissing memory: the past teaches, but the future still asks to be imagined.

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Geleceğin düşlerini, geçmişin tarihinden daha çok severim.
Thomas Jefferson, 1816

Jefferson hafızayı küçümsemeden ileriye bakar: Geçmiş öğretir, ama gelecek hâlâ hayal edilmeyi ister.

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Founders Online, letter to John Adams, 1816.

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