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Quote by Frederick Douglass
Mans greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper applic

Mans greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. – Frederick Douglass

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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. – Frederick Douglass

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A presidents hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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For right is right, since God is God and right the day must win. To doubt would be disloyalty, to falter would be sin. – Frederick W. Faber

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Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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