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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA
To date, we have been familiar with this quote
delivered by President Soekarno: “A great
nation is a nation that values its history.”
However, that was not what he said precisely.
Instead, he said, “Only a nation able to learn
from its past can truly be a great nation.”
O ne of the requirements for First, it is for the sake of
becoming a great nation is
the ability to learn from its
history. This context then
has an exotic charm.
demands a new phrase: a knowledge or simply because the past
great nation is a nation that has a narrative Second, there is a wish to
about its identity. learn from other people’s experiences.
In telling its narrative, one can observe a nation Third, the past is believed to
through its journey across time, space, and life be an asset to strengthen a sense of
— all of which form a particular identity. Peter community and form an identity.
Munz explained why it is in people’s interest to
know about the past:
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