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Inspirational Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman
- 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.
- Democracy is not a spectator sport.
- 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.
- Don't be afraid of hard work.
- Let all children come unto me.
- Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities…
- Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.
- This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency
- Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.
- Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.
- It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.
- 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…
- Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.
- I need to work outside government, on my own,
- I try to act out of faith.
- 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.
- In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.
- In politics, there are no friends.
- Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
- If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
- We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over…
- Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.
- Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.
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