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I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.
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
Andrew Jackson Young
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We rise in glory as we sink in pride.
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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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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.
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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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On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.
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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.
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What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.
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Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.
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I tried. But not everybody thought so.
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