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Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.
Marian Wright Edelman

Biography

Author Profession: Activist
Nationality: American
Born: June 6, 1939

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Service is what life is all about.
Marian Wright Edelman

You really can change the world if you care enough.
Marian Wright Edelman

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

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
Marian Wright Edelman

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
Marian Wright Edelman

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
Marian Wright Edelman

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

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