How do I get my contacts back from iCloud?

I wanted to get out of iCloud. When I unchecked my Contacts I got a window that asked if I wanted to keep my contacts on my Mac or delete. I clicked "delete". I shouldn't have. Can I get my old contacts back? How could Apple supply such a damaging piece of software as this? It goes against Apple's extremely user friendly past.

Your Contacts are still in iCloud.
Sign in again, wait for your contacts to appear, then sign out and DON'T choose delete this time.
How could Apple supply such a damaging piece of software as this? It goes against Apple's extremely user friendly past.
Because it is not damaging.

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