<s>[INST] I am looking for a specific quote from a science fiction novel, and I was wondering if you could help me find it.  The quote is something like "We are not proud of our history, but our history has made us proud." This sounds like something that could be a motto, and I am hoping it might be.

The problem is, I have no idea what this novel is, nor do I recall the context in which I read it.  I can say that I've read a huge amount of science fiction over the years, so it seems possible that this quote has stuck with me.  I am hoping that the collective knowledge of the internet might be able to help me track this down.

So far, I have tried the following resources:

* Google (many times)
* The Quote Investigator blog (which was unable to help)
* Garson O'Toole's website, which is focused on quote origins (again, no luck)
* Goodreads (searching both for the quote and similar themes)
* The Science Fiction Stack Exchange (no hits for this specific quote)

I am beginning to think that I may need to post this to a much wider audience in order to get an answer. Is this a quote you recognize?[/INST]