233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.

Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.

Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and proper nutrition.

We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.

It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.

I try to be a person of faith.

Service is the rent we pay for living.