Coleman Young Quotes

• Courage is one step ahead of fear.

  Coleman Young

  Courage, Self Esteem, Bravery

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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

  Blood, Racism, Racist

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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

  Art, Express Yourself, Used

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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

  Dream, Mean, Pride

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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

  Moving, Years, Sometimes

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• We must take the profit out of prejudice.

  Coleman Young

  Justice, Diversity, Prejudice

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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

  Wine, Water, Gold

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