Andrew Young
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mayor of Atlanta. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conferenceduring the Civil Rights Movement, and was a supporter and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 March 1932
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Without all of this, ... Jimmy Carter nor Bill Clinton might never have been elected president.
Why do we vote on Tuesday? Why don't we vote on the weekend?.
We say those who suffered here ... your suffering is not in vain. We assure you that we, the children of the world, will learn new lessons. We will define the future, not hatred, not bitterness, not alienation. But joy (and) happiness.
The pluses outweigh the minuses. They do give benefits, they do have health insurance.
We're here to proclaim a victory. We're here, not to wallow in tragedy, but to celebrate a triumph of the human spirit.
With this, I had to learn and develop a character over time.
Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.
Nobody black had learned anything from the 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the 'I Have a Dream' speech. That was a revelation of white people.
Most of my teachers wanted to send me to the principal's office. But my fourth-grade teacher once put her arms around me and said, 'You sure write well.' And I've had good penmanship until this day. She was the only one who ever said anything nice to me. That's the kind of motivation that students need.
To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.
Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got
It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.
He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.