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Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to."

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.




Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree."

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.




Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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 time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

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 time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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, but compassionate action."

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, but compassionate action.




Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children."

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future."

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn."

Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency"

This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency




Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns."

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem."

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone."

It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You are in charge of your own attitude whatever others do or circumstances you face. The only person you can control is yourself...worry more about your attitude than your aptitude or lineage."

You are in charge of your own attitude whatever others do or circumstances you face. The only person you can control is yourself...worry more about your attitude than your aptitude or lineage.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You can't be what you can't see."

You can't be what you can't see.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right."

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it."

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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 security of community that we and our children need."

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 security of community that we and our children need.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you."

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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 kills 4,600 children a year."

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 kills 4,600 children a year.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Service is the rent we pay for living."

Service is the rent we pay for living.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?"

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place."

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night."

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts."

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer."

We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out."

If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list."

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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 that I think is profoundly important."

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 that I think is profoundly important.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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."

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.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are."

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage."

There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion."

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption."

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Education is a precondition to survival in America today."

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind."

It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to."

I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "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 interests."

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 interests.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore."

There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You just do it one step at a time."

You just do it one step at a time.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad."

In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "You really can change the world if you care enough."

You really can change the world if you care enough.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done."

So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.



Marian Wright Edelman Quotes: "Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them."

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.