<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Freedom requires relationship because agency is... > Freedom requires relationship because agency is never exercised in a vacuum. Language, opportunity, care, trust, knowledge, and resources move through other people, and healthy independence includes the capacity to give and receive without surrendering authorship. **Source:** [[livestreams/Reclaiming Agency From Systems of Control - Workbook|Reclaiming Agency From Systems of Control]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Freedom requires relationship because agency is never exercised in a vacuum. Language, opportunity, care, trust, knowledge, and resources move through other people, and healthy independence includes the capacity to give and receive without surrendering authorship.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-freedom-requires-relationship-without-surrendering-authorship ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->