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Luckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, Why doesn't somebody do something? They would say, Why don't we do something?.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
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Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
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The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.
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Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.
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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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It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.
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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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Education is a precondition to survival in America today.
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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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If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
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What's wrong with our children? Adults telling children to be honest while lying and cheating. Adults telling children to not be violent while marketing and glorifying violence... I believe that adult hypocrisy is the biggest problem children face in America.
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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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God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one.
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Service is the rent we pay for living.
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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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Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.
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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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In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.
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People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!
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