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…

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

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...