Name	Andrew Young (Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.)
Age	77
Date of Birth	March 12, 1932
Birthplace	New Orleans, Louisiana
Star Sign	Pisces
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Black
Religion	Congregationalist
High School	Gilbert Academy, New Orleans, LA (1947)
University	Dillard University (one year) BS, Howard University (1951)
Occupation	Politician
Celebrity Index	An
Claim to Fame	Second black mayor of Atlanta
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Quotes

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

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I tried. But not everybody thought so.

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No one who`s white thinks he`s innocent. No one who`s black thinks he`s guilty.

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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.

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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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On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

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We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

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Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you`ll find many of them are unwise.

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I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart`s lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.

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Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you`ve got.

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My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

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

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President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn`t kill anybody and he didn`t get anyone killed.

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If you`re a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don`t make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.

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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.

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To find people who don`t want anything is rare.

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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That`s what I`ve been doing all my life.

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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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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

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The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport.

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