> History itself justifies precisely nothing. We're not saying it does. We're saying that when you can tell right from wrong, but you make a selfish / pragma

> History itself justifies precisely nothing. We're not saying it does. We're saying that when you can tell right from wrong, but you make a selfish / pragmatic choice, that you will be on the wrong side of history. Because we're optimists. We think in the future, people will be better able to tell right from wrong.