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

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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Society
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass

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

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

Two wrongs do not make a right. – English Proverb

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right. – Peter Drucker

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. – Francis Bacon

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Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. – Joseph Addison

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Music

If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost. – Michel Foucault

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Age

Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce

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History