Author: Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

- Marian Wright Edelman

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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.

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.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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

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

- Marian Wright Edelman

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

- Marian Wright Edelman

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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.

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.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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