I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to su…

Abraham Lincoln
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. ✨ The Baptist Teacher for Sunday-school Workers : Vol. 36, (p. 483), August 1905.
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