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I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

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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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In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
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The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.
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There is a sense in which the United States Ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat, rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.
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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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Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.
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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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I tried. But not everybody thought so.
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It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
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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.
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I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.
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