Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.
Marian Wright EdelmanI'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.
Marian Wright EdelmanWe're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
Marian Wright EdelmanWe are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.
Marian Wright EdelmanInvesting in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you don't say you can't afford to fix it while you're building astronomically expensive fences to protect it from outside enemies. The issue is not are we going to pay - it's are we going to pay now, up front, or are we going to pay a whole lot more later on.
Marian Wright Edelman