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… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There has been a history of discrimination. — 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
