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.

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help...

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help...

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

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

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can...

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can...

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

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

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

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important...

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In...

The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...

And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You shall not serve...

And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You shall not serve...