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I'm Not A Righteous Man. People Put Me Up On A Pedestal That I Don't Belong In My Personal Life. And They Think That I'm Better Than I Am. I'm Not The Good Man That People Think I Am. Newspapers And Magazines And Television Have Made Me Out To Be A Saint. I'm Not. I'm Not A Mother Teresa. And I Feel That Very Much.

-Billy Graham

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I'm Not A Righteous

Billy Graham

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I'm Not A Righteous Man. People Put Me Up On A Pedestal That I Don't Belong In My Personal Life. And They Think That I'm Better Than I Am. I'm Not The Good Man That People Think I Am. Newspapers And Magazines And Television Have Made Me Out To Be A Saint. I'm Not. I'm Not A Mother Teresa. And I Feel That Very Much.

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