Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

And if I could get the mayors, and the governors, and the president to look into the eyes of the five-year-olds of this nation, dressed in old raggedy clothes, whose zippers are broken but whose dreams are still alive, they would know what I know-that children need people to fight for them. To stand with them on the most dangerous streets, in the dirtiest hallways, in their darkest hours.

The last thing our children need is less protection.

No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.

Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

The desires of adults are not more important than the needs of children.

I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.

There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life.

You don’t play around with the lives of children.

As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused - they cannot speak for themselves.

If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

I do most of my work with kids. They are the very foundation of our future. We are so incredibly disrespectful to them in America in every way because they can't vote.

Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens?

Children are born into a society in which they are not a priority.