Author: Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

- 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

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

- 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

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

- 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

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

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

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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