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We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
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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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Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
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You can achieve much in life if you don't mind doing the work and giving someone else the credit.
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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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We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
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Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.
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