Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is the president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund. Her thinking was influenced by her father, Arthur Wright, a Baptist preacher who taught that Christianity required service in this world and by A. Philip Randolph.
3 Quotes
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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
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