Marian Wright Edelman Quotes About Justice
-
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.
→ -
So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and other people's children--as if justice were divisible.
→ -
The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.
→ -
God, please help us remember that all the darkness in the world cannot snuff out the light of one little candle. Help us to keep lighting our little candles until a mighty torch of justice sweeps our nation and the world.
→ -
The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.
→ -
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.
→ -
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.
→ -
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.
→
Related Authors
-
Geoffrey Canada Social activist -
Shirley Chisholm American Politician -
Julian Bond American Politician -
Angela Davis Political Activist -
Dorothy Height Educator -
Mara Brock Akil Television writer -
Hillary Clinton Former United States Secretary of State -
Rosa Parks Activist -
Coretta Scott King Author -
Albert Schweitzer Theologian -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights activist -
Septima Poinsette Clark Educator -
Marian Anderson Singer -
Jonathan Kozol Writer -
Tracee Ellis Ross Actress -
Alice Walker Author -
Fannie Lou Hamer Political leader -
Ezra Edelman Television producer -
Pauli Murray Activist -
Ella Baker Activist