When people ask where I studied to be an ambassador, I say my neighborhood and my school. I've tried to tell my kids that you don't wait until you're in high school or college to start dealing with problems of… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
My daddy was determined to make me a dentist and a baseball player. And I loved my daddy but I wasted four years of college trying to do what he wanted me to do, and not what I felt I… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Any racial reconciliation we've had in this country has come not out of confrontation but out of a spirit of reconciliation. If we continue… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
More and more I find I'm really impressed with how much my son knows and how much he thinks like me. But he never… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
“Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932)” — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
