Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

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• Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
• Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and…
• The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.
• Service is what life is all about.
• Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be…
• I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and…
• It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words,…
• We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic…
• I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
• Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that…
• 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, or…
• The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.
• Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you…
• Democracy is not a spectator sport.
• When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people's children, I'm doing…
• I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the…
• Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.
• Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.
• What's wrong with our children? Adults telling children to be honest while lying and cheating. Adults telling children to not be violent while marketing and…
• The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of…

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