Truly Free People

Truly free people have no need to enslave others. When you keep another down, your success is tied to manipulation rather than ingenuity and innovation.

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Free...Eleanor Roosevelt

The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us. --Eleanor Roosevelt

A Stranger In A Strange Land...Harriet Tubman

"I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land."  

--Harriet Tubman

Secret of Happiness and Freedom...Thucydides

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
--Thucydides

The Function of Freedom...Toni Morrison

The function of freedom is to free somebody else.  --Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author.

Freedom Is Living Your Dreams...Nona

Freedom is having the courage to persevere and live the dreams you have for yourself instead of being a slave to the ones others have for you.  --Nona

Freedom For All...Rev. Gina M. Stewart

"How can those who have been oppressed rise to power and oppress others? How can some celebrate their freedom and not appreciate the humanity of others?"  

--Rev. Dr. Gina M. Stewart, Pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis TN

Source:  "Dynamic pastor Dr. Gina Stewart leads the way as more women shepherd black Protestant flocks", by Barbara Bradley, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis TN

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/18/spreading-the-word/