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For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future.

~Andrew Young

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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.

~Andrew Young

Topics: About African African Americans America American Any Asset Before Billion Civil Civil War Contribution Economically Forget Largest Made Railroads Read Sector Slavery Society War Were Worth

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Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.

~Andrew Young

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Army Competitiveness Democracy Economic First Had Important Kind Military National National Security Properly Realize Security Some Working You

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There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There has been a history of discrimination.

~Andrew Young

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Been Before Black Discrimination Ever Got Harvard Head History Law Lots None Obama People Review Smart Them Up Were

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

~Andrew Young

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When I took the SAT, I didn't get accepted into a single white school that I applied to. Now I've got honorary degrees from a lot of those schools that rejected me. Things are different now, but not that much different.

~Andrew Young

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

~Andrew Young

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It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.

~Andrew Young

Topics: Children Crime Get Going Reason Stands Unloved Unwanted

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

~Andrew Young

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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.

~Andrew Young

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: March 12th, 1932

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