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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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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

Service is what life is all about.

Service is what life is all about.

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?