Author: Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes

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

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

- Marian Wright Edelman

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

- Marian Wright Edelman

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

- Marian Wright Edelman

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

- 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

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

- 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

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

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