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Quotation from Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial by Robert H. Jackson

“We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow.”

Robert H. Jackson

Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, Opening section

Jackson warns that the Tribunal itself is on trial before history.

Citation: "We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow." — Robert H. Jackson, Opening Statement at the Nuremberg Trial, Opening section. (id jackson-nuremberg-opening-statement-q2)

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