Andrew Young Quotes & Sayings

“There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.”

“Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.”

“The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.”

“Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.”

“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.”

“Slavery didn't break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules.”

“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.”

“Nobody black had learned anything from the 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the 'I Have a Dream' speech. That was a revelation of white people.”

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

“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.”