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Old Apr 30, 2009, 09:41 AM
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"Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate, our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
-Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Address

I have something similar on a wall hanging. It was attributed to Mandela/Williamson. And I have never quite understood the sentiment. Why should we fear being powerful -- unless someone who was afraid of us told us that we were to be afraid?
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