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.
Marian Wright EdelmanThe crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.
Marian Wright EdelmanThere are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.
Marian Wright EdelmanThere comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.
Marian Wright EdelmanNever let us confuse what is legal with what is right. Everything Hitler did in Nazi Germany was legal, but it was not right.
Marian Wright Edelman