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Frederick Douglass: “But any measure is vindicated by its necessity and its results.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
But any measure is vindicated by its necessity and its results.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

Douglass asserts that the true justification for any action lies in its necessity and the outcomes it produces.

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