Carolina QuotesCommitment to great causes makes great men.
Billy Graham Carolinian
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"A Time for Moral Courage", Reader’s Digest (July 1964)
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- 1964
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“Commitment to great causes makes great men.” Billy Graham. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E0843DA841. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e0843da841
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