Best quotes by Marian Wright Edelman on America

Checkout quotes by Marian Wright Edelman on America

  • We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.
    - Marian Wright Edelman
  • Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
    - Marian Wright Edelman
  • Education is a precondition to survival in America today.
    - Marian Wright Edelman
  • There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.
    - Marian Wright Edelman
  • Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the years of greatest brain development.
    - Marian Wright Edelman
  • We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.
    - Marian Wright Edelman