"When people ask where I studied to be an ambassador, I say my neighborhood and my school. I’ve tried to tell my kids that you don’t wait until you’re in high school or college to start dealing with problems of people being different. The younger you start, the better."
- Andrew YoungFormer U.S. ambassador and well-known American civil rights activist Andrew Young was a strong proponent of the notion that a person's environment greatly influences their personal development. He frequently stressed that learning about diplomacy and how to interact with people from different backgr…