Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

• 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

  Topics in Society

• Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Education

• Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Life

• Don’t be afraid of hard work.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Work

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

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Children, Justice

• When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn’t say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn’t have a mental or physical handicap. He said, “Let all children come unto me.”

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Justice

  Tags in Diversity, Christianity

• We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Tags in Conflict, Interdependence

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

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Ideals, Justice, Politics

  Tags in Values

• People who don’t vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Politics

• If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won’t either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Children, Family, Racism

• 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

  Tags in Change/Growth, Reform

• You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Service

  Tags in Persistence, Injustice

• A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Commitment, Ideals, Service

• Service is what life is all about.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Topics in Life, Service

Marian Wright Edelman (54)

Birth:	6th June, 1939
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist

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