Andrew Young quotes

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing. (Andrew Young)
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. View quote
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My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts. View quote
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We rise in glory as we sink in pride. View quote
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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts. View quote
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There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. View quote
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Wishing of all strategies, is the worst. View quote
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On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired. View quote
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I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream. View quote
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Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. View quote
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Violence is not more efficient than non-violence. (Andrew Young)
I tried. But not everybody thought so. View quote
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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. View quote
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Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so. View quote
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The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport. View quote
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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. View quote
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No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty. View quote
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If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently. View quote
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Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise. View quote
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To find people who don't want anything is rare. View quote
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President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed. (Andrew Young)
Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in the world. View quote
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Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got. View quote
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We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation. View quote
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Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter. View quote
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Andrew Young

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Occupation: American Clergyman
Born: March 12, 1932
Quotes count: 61

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