The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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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...

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...

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.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

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...

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...

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

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?

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...

Service is what life is all about.

Service is what life is all about.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, ï¿½I...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, ï¿½I...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have