All Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
- There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list. Commitment
- Whoever said anyone has the right to give up. Anyone
- Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them. Cannot Vote
- 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 for guidance and… Ancestor
- 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 bedrock… Alone
- The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children. Been
- Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences. Breathe
- Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models. Grace
- So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us just try to be little fleas biting.… Big
- It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list. Commitment
- God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one. Beings
- Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell… Aim
- Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns. Acts
- I need to work outside government, on my own, Government
- Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that… Belief
- I try to act out of faith. Act
- I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing. Anybody
- If things are too easy, life is a whole lot less interesting. Easy
- In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad. Bad
- In politics, there are no friends. Friends