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People Quotes by 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.
- 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…
- Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.
- So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and…
- There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we are. Learn to…
- If it's wrong for 13-year-old inner-city girls to have babies without the benefit of marriage, it's wrong for rich celebrities, and we ought to stop…
- I hope that people of all faiths will start looking for our too-invisible children who are crying out for help...
- 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…
- I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had…
- The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.
- A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It…
- People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our…
- It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the schools, but if…
- Never work just for money. Money alone won't save your soul or build a decent family life or help you sleep at night. We're the…
- My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle