Andrew Young
The Public Record
American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor
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September 18, 2026
Your mind is the most valuable weapon you have, and if you get emotional, you cut your mind off.
— Andrew Young
We've had a tradition of the business community, and the minority community, working in partnership, all the way back to the days of Martin Luther King.
Elections are close. And people have differing opinions, and no opinion. And they vote their emotions, rather than what's good for the country, quite often, or what's good for the future of the world.
Our problem is seeing to it, that we have people going to the polls, and realizing that the vote is what creates the lifestyle we live.
Well, the election really is about the future of the United States of America. And it's the voice of reason, versus the voices of emotion.
Now, my feeling is that President Trump doesn't understand what he's doing. He's playing politics and he's in his own ego trip.
We took the Confederate flag down. And I'm almost sorry, because it cost us the Affordable Care Act which is about $14.9 billion and 70,000 healthcare jobs that Georgia missed.
When you lie repeatedly to the public, and when you cheat on your -- your cancer-stricken wife, and then you make a sex tape months before the Iowa caucuses, he is -- I mean, he took over $100 million from people, a lot of people who could…
I hope that people do something to really vet the candidates that are going to be the leaders of the free world.
When you lie repeatedly to the public and when you cheat on your cancer-stricken wife and then you make a sex tape months before the Iowa caucuses, he is -- I mean, he took over $100 million from people, a lot of people, who could not…
To say that I've -- of course I loved John Edwards, but to say that I loved him more than my wife is just, like a lot of the rest of her stories, is patently stupid.
For me to be labeled as somebody trying to stir up racial discord offended me, but I had to say I contributed to it.
I resigned because I'm a professional and I goofed. I shouldn't have lost my cool with that reporter.
I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs. Very few black people own these stores.





