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In politics, there are no friends.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
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Bennettsville
South Carolina
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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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People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!
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You can't tell parents to teach children the value of work when we don't have jobs and the jobs we have don't pay a decent wage. You can't tell children to achieve and then let them go to broken-down schools with teachers who don't care. We need a consistency of values in our public, corporate, and private lives.
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As [Martin Luther] King said, it never cost anybody a dime to integrate the lunch counters. When you start talking about trying to deal with jobs and hunger and things that require investment, then that's really the tough stuff, because everybody wants to do right if it doesn't cost them anything.
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Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.
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Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.
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It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.
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God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one.
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Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
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When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.
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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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In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.
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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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We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
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You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
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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.
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The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.
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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.
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Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.
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