“If all I get is a little controversy for speaking the truth, if I did less, I would not be worth living.” IfsLittlesControversyWorth LivingSpeak The Truth Author:Andrew Young
“Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.” IfsBusinessVirtueHundredIllegalBusinessman Author:Andrew Young
“If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.” IfsWantedJimmyCarterOutspoken Author:Andrew Young
“If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.” IfsMake SenseNonsensePreacher Author:Andrew Young
“Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.” IfsHandsLandCardsVotersMarsSpaceshipsVoter TurnoutVoter Id Author:Andrew Young
“I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have a white constituency to get elected, than I would have been if I was in a 75 percent black district.” IfsHas BeensRunningBlackWhiteComfortablePercentCongressman Author:Andrew Young
“If I wanted to develop a scenario to destroy America, I would do what the Republicans are doing. Take the brightest and best young black men off the streets, put them in jail, make them meaner than hell for 8 or 10 years and then turn them lose in a society where there are plenty of guns for them to play with.” IfsMenYearsPlayWantedAmericaYoungTurnsBlackLosesHellStreetsRepublicanGunPlentyJailScenarios Author:Andrew Young
“I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden.” IfsThinkingReasonLife IsEasyParentTaughtOne DayBurdenGood LifeOne Day At A TimeTake It One Day At A Time Author:Andrew Young
“Any racial reconciliation we've had in this country has come not out of confrontation but out of a spirit of reconciliation. If we continue to practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we'll eventually end up with a land of people who are blind and toothless.” PeopleIfsEndsCountryEyePoliticalSpiritPracticeLandRacismBlindTeethReconciliationConfrontationEye For An EyeToothless Author:Andrew Young
“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.” IfsLifeNeedsBelieveHelpingDreamOpportunityI BelieveRealizingPoorCompanyPovertyCommittedSavingAmerican DreamProvidingSavingsLead In Author:Andrew Young
“I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King recognized was the greatest step for society was that short step into the voting booth. If we are to be true to their courage and conviction, we must make that short step as easy as possible. Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.” IfsHandsEasyPresidentStepsLandKingsRepublicanDemocratConvictionCardsBeing TrueVotingVotersMarsLutherJohnsonSpaceshipsVoter IdPresident Lyndon Johnson Author:Andrew Young
“You have to expect that if you cuss out the world, The world is going to cuss back.” IfsWorld Author:Andrew Young