Andrew Young Professions : Former Mayor of AtlantaBorn : March 12, 1932 Browse All Authors Top 94 quotes by Andrew Young My solutions are to include Africa in the global economy, and not African charity, AIDS research, but African infrastructure development. And I think that Africa can import and needs everything the whole world can manufacture. And they have got enough money to pay for it. It's just that the money is in the ground. Andrew Young researchneedsthinking Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. Andrew Young copiersdiplomacydiplomats Nike has always been a business about excellence and achievement. Andrew Young nikeachievementexcellence I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did. Andrew Young parentfoundsaid I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street. Andrew Young wallbelievepeople Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making. Andrew Young effortdecisionaction No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty. Andrew Young blackwhitethinking I had to get a second passport in a hurry. Andrew Young passports The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport. Andrew Young commercializationdemocratizationsports On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired. Andrew Young luxurysquashbed The man with courage is a majority. Andrew Young majoritycouragemen There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day. Andrew Young saintgloryland Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly. Andrew Young armyimportantmilitary When the long, varnished buds of beech Point out beyond their reach, And tanned by summer suns Leaves of bright bryony turn bronze, And gossamer floats bright and wet From trees that are their own sunset, Spring, summer, autumn I come here, And what is there to fear? And yet I never lose the feeling That someone else behind is stealing Or else in front has disappeared; Though nothing I have seen or heard, Makes me still walk beneath these boughs With cautious step as in a haunted house. Andrew Young sunsetsummerspring Both the brightness and the spectrum of the X-rays are very different from what theory predicts. Andrew Young brightnessraysdifferent The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. Andrew Young rightsheromother I tried. But not everybody thought so. Andrew Young Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly. Andrew Young diplomacysecrecysociety I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King recognized was the greatest step for society was that short step into the voting booth. If we are to be true to their courage and conviction, we must make that short step as easy as possible. Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter. Andrew Young landkingshands Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it. Andrew Young Similar Authors Maynard Jackson former-mayor-of-atlanta Shirley Franklin former-mayor-of-atlantaAll Authors
