Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well.

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"Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars."

- Assata Shakur

Love

"I’m not quite sure what freedom is, but I know damn well what it ain’t. How have we gotten so silly, I wonder."

- Assata Shakur

Awareness

"I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided him to port."

- Assata Shakur

Hope

"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."

- Assata Shakur

Adversity

"Revolution is about change, and the first place the change begins is in yourself."

- Assata Shakur

Change

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"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."

- Flora Edwards

Compassion