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It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
Writer
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Presence
Promise
Mankind
Hope
Children

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No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.
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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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[Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.
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It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.
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Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.
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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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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.
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We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.
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We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.
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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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Hope is the best contraceptive.
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A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
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Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
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Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.
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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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I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.
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If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.
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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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So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been.
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