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The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#always #american #be different #declaration #different

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand

I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#alcohol #being #children #found #good

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#foster #him #home #keep #kid

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#always #being #being busy #busy #does

The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#bias #content #contrary #flesh #hard

My view of the afterlife is that it's made of different levels, depending on how spiritual a life we live. ↗

— John Edward

#depending #different #different levels #how #levels

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#brought #carried #could #difficult #difficult times

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#getting #i #i love #love #spending

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#intend #life #lot