By now we know that the flower children, the yippies, the gay rights organizers, and the second-wave feminists were all inspired by the voices of the freedom movement. But the ripple is much bigger. In each successive generation, expression has pushed past existing boundaries, arguing that their insistence is more than a matter of style or taste, but rather that it is a matter of freedom.

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"I am American. That means something to me, some common ground with others of this soil, even as the country feels irredeemably racist and maybe not worth saving."

- Imani Perry

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"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

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"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

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"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

- William James

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"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

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