Top 73 Quotes by Andrew Young

About Andrew Young

These are some quotes by American author Andrew Young Clergyman, who was born on March 12, 1932.

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.

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.

Andrew Young

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

Andrew Young

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

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

Andrew Young

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.

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.

Andrew Young

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.

Andrew Young

If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

Andrew Young

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

Andrew Young

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Andrew Young

If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters?

Andrew Young

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

Andrew Young

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