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
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
Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them. — 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
Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment… — 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
