Andrew Young
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"Andrew Jackson Young" is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia (U.S. state)/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, Georgia/Atlanta. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference/Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the African-American Civil Rights Movement/1960s Civil Rights Movement, and was a supporter and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Since leaving political office on January 2, 1990, Young has founded or served in a large number of organizations founded on public policy, political lobbying and international relations, with a special focus on Africa.

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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 rise in glory as we sink in pride.''.

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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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We are a much better offensive team this Wednesday than we were last Wednesday. We've looked a lot better this week.

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Wylie can throw it and they have four outstanding receivers.

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Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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Take the Hebron game last year. We improved a bunch to the Wylie game.

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We were a little sluggish Monday. We got better Tuesday.

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We had our best two days of practice of the year on Saturday and Monday. We knew the key to this game was defense.

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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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You have to expect that if you cuss out the world, The world is going to cuss back.

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Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in the world.

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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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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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