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Thus spoke America's U.N. ambassador, Andrew Young, during a press conference at the U.S. State Department after submitting his letter of resignation to President Carter on August 15, 1979. Young's resignation followed his "secret" meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization's U.N. observer, Zahdi Labib Terzi, which violated U.S. policy of no contact with PLO representatives, a policy initiated in 1975 by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

After graduating from college, Andrew Young had a moment of extreme clarity while standing at the top of a mountain. He suddenly realized that "everything has a purpose," and he proceeded to channel that purpose in his work as a civil rights leader and confidant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a politician, and while representing the United States on the world stage as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He joined David to reflect on his life and career, the legacy of Dr. King, the current debate over voting rights, and the state of politics in America.
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