233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

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

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

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.

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

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

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.