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“You are moving in the direction of freedom and the function of freedom is to free somebody else.”

Source: Commencement address at Barnard College, 1979

Context Addressing Barnard's graduating women in a speech later published as “Cinderella's Stepsisters”, Morrison urged them not to use their new power against other women.

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Toni MorrisonUnited States · 1931–2019
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