“If we see each other as obstacles to progress, our assumption is the first and greatest obstacle. Mistrust is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Our old-paradigm consciousness has guaranteed its own dark expectations; it is our collective negative self-image.”

The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Thirteen, The Whole- Earth Conspiracy

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Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist

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