Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes. Marian Wright Edelman More Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman More Quotes From Marian Wright Edelman The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of us nice middle-class folk could make it without our mortgage reduction Marian Wright Edelman nice children reality You have to have a fundamental change in the culture of policing, and who is the police person. How do they change? How do you learn from England and the other places, or Australia? In England, they don't carry guns on the whole. It's a different kind of mentality that does not demonize, and it's justified on race and income and class. Marian Wright Edelman gun race class Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court. Marian Wright Edelman black real president The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity. Marian Wright Edelman struggle teacher children I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. We've got to send messages to our kids about what is important. Marian Wright Edelman party children school Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them. Marian Wright Edelman vote adults children Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few. Marian Wright Edelman bottom luxury enough I try to be a person of faith. Marian Wright Edelman persons trying Let all children come unto me. Marian Wright Edelman children Luckily, 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 Edelman saws parent problem I'd like to transform the system in very fundamental ways, but you've got to do that in every way that you can. You can't wait for some magic bullet or some magic politician or some magic anything to have that happen. You got to get out there and use your vote. Marian Wright Edelman magic use waiting [Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people. Marian Wright Edelman movement kings people I've always hated being hemmed in or seeing anybody being hemmed in. Even when I was the smallest child, I couldn't bear being told I couldn't drink at a so-called white drinking fountain. Marian Wright Edelman drinking white children I need to work outside government, on my own. Marian Wright Edelman work-out government needs The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children. Marian Wright Edelman crisis killing children As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and strength and backward to draw on the values and legacies of our families, ancestors, and communities. Marian Wright Edelman believe children people Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them. Marian Wright Edelman vote inspirational children There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list. Marian Wright Edelman there-comes-a-time lists commitment I hope that people of all faiths will start looking for our too-invisible children who are crying out for help. Marian Wright Edelman helping children people If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out. Marian Wright Edelman role-models family racism
