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Edelman, Marian(nee Wright)
US activist and lawyer
president of Children's Defense Fund 1973--
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- "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."
- "If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."
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