Marian Wright Edelman

If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an…

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree…

No person has the right to rain on your dreams…

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life…

There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as…

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it’s…

The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our…

Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help…

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than…

I try to act out of faith…

Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants…

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from…

I’m sure I am impatient sometimes. I sure do get angry sometimes. I think it’s…

It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I…

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by…