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… — 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
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
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
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
There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion. — 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
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
It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do… — 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
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
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went… — 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
