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It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.

Andrew Young

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Andrew Young
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: March 12
Diplomat
Film Producer
Former Mayor Of Atlanta
Human Rights Activist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
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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 have a choice about is what you die for.
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I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.
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I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are.
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Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.
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The man with courage is a majority.
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Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.
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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.
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Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.
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I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read.
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Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.
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There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.
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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 right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.
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Both the brightness and the spectrum of the X-rays are very different from what theory predicts.
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I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.
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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.
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You have to expect that if you cuss out the world, The world is going to cuss back.
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I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden.
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We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk.
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We rise in glory as we sink in pride.
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Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.
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