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

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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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...

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...

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...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

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 don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

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,...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

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...

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort...

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort...

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

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...

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a...

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

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,...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general...

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general...

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified...

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified...