I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6 1939) is an American activist for the rights of children.