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One may chase a thousand, and put ten thousand to flight.” It is, therefore, upon the goodness of our cause, more than upon all other auxiliaries, that we depend for its final triumph.
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Frederick Douglass
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This quote speaks to the power of a just cause and the belief in its ultimate victory.
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