In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street. — 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… — 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
No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material… — 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… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
There is a sense in which the United States ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States.… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Egypt's problem is that you've got an economy that works for about 40 million people, only you have 90 million people. The… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
When people ask where I studied to be an ambassador, I say my neighborhood and my school. I've tried to tell my… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Nobody black had learned anything from the 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the 'I Have a Dream' speech. That was… — 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
