And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, out presence automatically liberates others. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are people who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did and never will. People might not get all that they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. You are the spark that started our freedom movement. The site was designed by Edward A. Novak III , Director of College Relations at Elizabethtown College. Posted January 1999.