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Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
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Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.
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I try to be a person of faith.
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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.
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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 and the very dream that is America.
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You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.
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People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!
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So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us just try to be little fleas biting. Enough fleas biting strategically can make a big dog very uncomfortable.
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The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.
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There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.
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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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