Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Andrew Young, fully Andrew Jackson Young
American Politician, Diplomat and Pastor, Mayor of Atlanta, Congressman, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a supporter and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Poor people are not poor because they're dumb or because they're lazy but because society has not provided opportunity."
"Human rights are the natural outgrowth of people becoming culturally and economically secure. As you become secure, you want to be freer."
"Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it."