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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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We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk.

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The struggle to eliminate racism, war, and poverty is a burden, but in America, with all the freedom and opportunity afforded us under our Constitution, in the most productive society in human history, it is an easy burden if we undertake it together.

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Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

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People who think education is expensive have never counted the cost of ignorance.

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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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There is a happy land,
Far, far away,
Where saints in glory stand,
Bright, bright as day.

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Nothing is illegal if one hundred well-placed business men decide to do it.

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No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

Andrew Young

Andrew Young

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Born: March 12, 1932 (age 87)

Bio: Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mayor of Atlanta.

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