“Reckoning with the failures of past generations, confronting the hard truths of American history, and refining our institutions in light of progress—these are parts of civilization itself. They are among the most dearly earned civic legacies, because a society capable of self-critique is a society capable of repair.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jaysthoughtcriminal/p/uncommon-valor-is-a-common-virtue