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When we come to it We, this people, on this wayward, floating body Created on this earth, of this earth Have the power to fashion for this earth A climate where every man and every woman Can live freely without sanctimonious piety And without crippling fear When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world That is when, and only when We come to it.

Maya Angelou#11

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Humans have the power to create a world where everyone can live freely, without fear or hypocrisy.
In plain terms
We can make a world where everyone is free.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge that humans are capable of miraculous freedom.

Where it applies

  • social change
  • community building
  • activism

Putting it to work

  • create safe spaces
  • reject fear

Questions to consider

  • What freedom do you seek?
  • How can you help others live freely?

Another view

Structural barriers often prevent true freedom.

More from Maya Angelou

  1. It is possible and imperative that we discover A brave and startling truth.

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  2. A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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  3. Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth.

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