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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
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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
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Bennettsville
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[Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.
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Never let us confuse what is legal with what is right. Everything Hitler did in Nazi Germany was legal, but it was not right.
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Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.
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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.
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People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!
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Don't assume a door is closed push on it. Don't assume if it was closed yesterday that it is closed today. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind. If you do, you're going to be left behind.
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