Marian Wright Edelman

Don't assume a door is closed; push on it. Don't assume if it was closed yesterday that it is closed today. Don't…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

— Marian Wright Edelman

You have to have a fundamental change in the culture of policing, and who is the police person. How do they change?…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

— Marian Wright Edelman

The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted…

— Marian Wright Edelman

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals…

— Marian Wright Edelman

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

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

When I started out as an activist, the issues were much clearer. There's advantage to the new media, but on the other…

— 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…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who…

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we…

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.

— Marian Wright Edelman

You really can change the world if you care enough.

— Marian Wright Edelman

There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

Let all children come unto me.

— Marian Wright Edelman

You are in charge of your own attitude whatever others do or circumstances you face. The only person you can control is…

— Marian Wright Edelman

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