Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
Quotes
Activism“Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“I think it's outrageous how hard it is to get this country to feed its children and to take care of its children, to give them a decent education.”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ I try to be a person of faith. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ It is up to us. It is up to you. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Service is the rent we pay for being. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. ”
Marian Wright EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ 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 EdelmanQuotes
Activism“ Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways. ”
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