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...

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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,...

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

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,...

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...

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...

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...