We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

There is no question that mistakes were made; however, it is currently hard to separate fact from fictions and reality from rhetoric,

We agreed not to talk about the past and acknowledged that mistakes were made. Everyone makes mistakes but they shouldn't be repeated.

We can't repeat the fiscal mistakes of the past.

We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.

I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement.