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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

Other quotes by Frederick Douglass

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – Frederick Douglass

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Self-Respect
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Frederick Douglass
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It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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

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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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It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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