You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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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...

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...

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...

Service is what life is all about.

Service is what life is all about.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

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 really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Money is the best cosmetic

Money is the best cosmetic