233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency.

Don’t be afraid of hard work.

In trying to make a big difference, don’t ignore the small daily differences we can make.

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.

It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And it’s the bedrock security of community that we and our children need.

When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people’s children, I’m doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found.

In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We’ve let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection.

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don’t count on them.

Education remains one of the black community’s most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.