Coleman Young quotes

“Courage is one step ahead of fear.”
-- Coleman Young

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“Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are.”
-- Coleman Young

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“I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.”
-- Coleman Young

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“We must take the profit out of prejudice.”
-- Coleman Young

Source : Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.71, The Forlorn Press

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“You can't look forward and backward...”
-- Coleman Young

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“Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.”
-- Coleman Young

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“There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.”
-- Coleman Young

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“We need to dream big dreams, propose grandoise means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.”
-- Coleman Young

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“None of the prophets old, So lofty or so bold! No form of danger shakes his dauntless breast; In loneliness sublime He dares confront the time, And speak the truth, and give the world no rest No kingly threat can cowardize his breath, He with majestic step goes forth to meet his death.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”

“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people then to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”

Source : "Alex Karras obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

“Life is to be entered upon with courage.”

“There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.”

Source : ALISTAIR MACLEAN (1956). “THE GUNS OF NAVARONE”

“I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today.”

“The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them.”

Source : Adrienne von Speyr, Adrian Walker (2008). “Lumina and New Lumina”, p.16, Ignatius Press

“Life is so full of miseries, minor and major; they press so close upon us at every step of the way, that it is hardly worthwhile to call one another's attention to their presence.”

“Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.”

“Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from the discourse of civilized human life.”

Source : Alan Keyes' Speech at Israel's Independence Day Festival Alan Keyes' Speech at Israel's Independence Day Festival in Los Angeles, California, www.keyesarchives.com. April 21, 2002.

“As for the search for truth, I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, towards the understanding of that which is truly significant.”