What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset. – Andrew Young
We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation. – Andrew Young
There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress. – Andrew Young
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. – Andrew Young
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you’ll find many of them are unwise. – Andrew Young
If you’re a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don’t make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently. – Andrew Young
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. – Andrew Young
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. – Andrew Young
Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. – Andrew Young
The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity. – Andrew Young
Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy. – Andrew Young
Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making. – Andrew Young
I’m against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not – and must not – restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form. – Andrew Young
I’ve always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect. – Andrew Young
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 people being different. The younger you start, the better. – Andrew Young
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life. – Andrew Young
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. – Andrew Young
Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let’s make America work, let’s make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody. – Andrew Young
One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them. – Andrew Young
