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It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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