The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.
Marian Wright EdelmanWe're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
Marian Wright EdelmanLuckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" They would say, "Why don't we do something?".
Marian Wright EdelmanWhen Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn't have a mental or physical handicap. He said, Let all children come unto me.
Marian Wright Edelman