I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be;…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was
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