Black history Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

— Michael Marmot

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

— Bob Keeshan

The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future…

— Carol Bellamy

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,…

— Marian Wright Edelman

“We can only afford two children' really means, 'We only like clean, well-disciplined middle-class children who go to good schools and grow up to…

— Germaine Greer

If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents…

— William J. Clinton

There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing…

— Marianne Williamson

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

— Ezra Taft Benson

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

— Desmond Tutu

“We should invest in kids like these," we're told, "because it will be more expensive not to." Why do our natural compassion and religious…

— Jonathan Kozol

“We can only afford two children' is a squalid argument, but more acceptable in our society than 'we don't like children'.”

— Germaine Greer

One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it…

— Rose Macaulay