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title: "6 Luther Quotes By Andrew Young"
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> [I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-call-upon-both-republicans-and-democrats-to-work-with-us-to-have-a/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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> [Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/martin-luther-king-said-america-had-given-a-bad-check-to-black-people/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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> [ He \[Martin Luther King Jr.\] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/he-martin-luther-king-jr-always-used-to-say-you-have-no-choice-about/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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> [If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/if-congress-can-move-president-s-day-columbus-day-and-alas-martin/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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> [I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-wasn-t-predicted-to-be-anything-i-just-followed-an-inner-spirit-and/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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> [Martin Luther King was talking about racism, war and poverty. I think we have made progress enormous progress in racism and war,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/martin-luther-king-was-talking-about-racism-war-and-poverty-i-think/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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## Other authors on Luther

## More by Andrew Young

> [Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/civil-rights-leaders-are-involved-in-helping-poor-people-that-s-what/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-think-we-ve-made-tremendous-progress-on-racism-we-ve-even-made/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/any-racial-reconciliation-we-ve-had-in-this-country-has-come-not-out/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-wouldn-t-listen-to-my-parents-but-i-found-out-that-i-absorbed-i/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/in-a-world-where-change-is-inevitable-and-continuous-the-need-to/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/there-s-no-problem-on-the-planet-that-can-t-be-solved-without/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/more-and-more-i-find-i-m-really-impressed-with-how-much-my-son-knows/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/look-at-those-they-call-unfortunate-and-at-a-closer-view-you-ll-find/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/we-ve-changed-in-the-sense-that-we-flipped-and-this-is-no-longer-the/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-call-upon-both-republicans-and-democrats-to-work-with-us-to-have-a/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [“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)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/nothing-is-illegal-if-one-hundred-businessmen-decide-to-do-it-andrew/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/the-commercialization-of-sport-is-the-democratization-of-sport/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-have-about-concluded-that-wealth-is-a-state-of-mind-and-that-anyone/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/martin-luther-king-said-america-had-given-a-bad-check-to-black-people/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

> [I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/i-was-raised-that-way-don-t-get-mad-get-smart/)

[Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/)

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