We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
What's wrong with our children? Adults telling children to be honest while lying and cheating. Adults telling children to not be violent… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress, there is… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
“Don’t feel entitled to anything you don’t sweat and struggle for” — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
You can't tell parents to teach children the value of work when we don't have jobs and the jobs we have don't pay a… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And it's the… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
