The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone.… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
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… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children. — 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
Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It is so important not to let ourselves off the hook or to become apathetic or cynical by telling ourselves that nothing… — 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
Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people's… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
In 1990, when we started the Black Community Crusade for Children, we were always talking about all children, but we paid particular… — 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
The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life… — 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 Image
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 Image
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Don’t feel entitled to anything you don’t sweat and struggle for” — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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