Marian Wright Edelman

“Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.”

“A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.”

“I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.”

“We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.”