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Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
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Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Luckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" They would say, "Why don't we do something?".
Marian Wright Edelman -
I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.
Marian Wright Edelman -
So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.
Marian Wright Edelman -
We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.
Marian Wright Edelman
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When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.
Marian Wright Edelman -
I try to act out of faith.
Marian Wright Edelman -
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.
Marian Wright Edelman
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We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.
Marian Wright Edelman -
I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.
Marian Wright Edelman -
We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
Marian Wright Edelman -
If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.
Marian Wright Edelman -
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.
Marian Wright Edelman -
You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.
Marian Wright Edelman -
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
Marian Wright Edelman -
We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another.
Marian Wright Edelman