Marilyn Ferguson, (1938-2008) American author, editor, public speaker Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Marilyn Ferguson quotesMarilyn Ferguson QuotesMarilyn Ferguson We are not liberated until we liberate others. So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.~ Marilyn Ferguson While outlining a not-yet-titled book about the emerging social alternatives, I thought again about the peculiar form of this movement; its atypical leadership, the patient intensity of its adherents, their unlikely successes. It suddenly struck me that in their sharing of strategies, their linkage, and their recognition of each other by subtle signals, the participants were not merely cooperating with one another. They were in collusion. It -- this movement -- is a conspiracy! … There are legions of conspirators. They are in corporations, universities, and hospitals, on the faculties of public schools, in factories and doctors’ offices, in state and federal agencies, on city councils, and the White House staff, in state legislatures, in volunteer organizations, in virtually all arenas of policy making in the country.~ Marilyn Ferguson Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.~ Marilyn Ferguson Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print