Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

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. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

People who don’t vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it You just do it one step at a time. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

It’s time for greatness — not for greed. It’s a time for idealism — not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. ~ Marian Wright Edelman 

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. ~ Marian Wright Edelman