To be sure Plato did not favor 'affirmative action' to fill political and military offices in his own society; nor did he… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“Mass incarceration—not attacks on affirmative action or lax civil rights enforcement—is the most damaging manifestation of the backlash against the Civil Rights… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The sprinkling of people of color through elite institutions in the United States, due to affirmative action policies and the limited progress… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In those days [1955], affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
The problem is not just affirmative action, though. The problem is poor people, working people and their children, and affirmative action for… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U.… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Over the years, black leaders have been slow to recognize the need for a very, very progressive agenda. Anytime someone has talked… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
“South Africa is the only country where an overwhelming majority in complete political control is apparently so threatened by a tiny minority… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
And when you tell me that somebody's skin color or gender is going to determine their prospects in this world, that is… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
If you look at the record and the enviable record which Sandra Day O'Connor has written, you find she was the fifth… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
In talking with affirmative-action administrators and with blacks and whites in general, I found that supporters of affirmative action focus on its… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Indicate which principles you support regarding affirmative action and discrimination. 1. The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs. 2. The federal… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And… — Orlando Patterson Copy Share Image
“The forces at work in healthy party politics are centripetal; they encourage factions and interests to come together to work out common… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed originally for "women and other minorities" but the phrase has become just another tortured euphemism. Female conscientiousness and… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“Does affirmative action place minority students in colleges where they're likely to fail while depriving other applicants of the chance to attend… — William Voegeli Copy Share Image
“The psychologist Jonathan Haidt says many people who don’t consciously believe in karma still believe deep down in some version of it,… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
I think that we need more economic-based solutions to the problems afflicting the Black community, and I think that that's a way… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Contrary to what we hear, the great American divide is not a clash between conservatives who advocate liberty versus progressives who oppose… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“the American Government is in fact enforcing a system of employment on the universities under which they are required, under pain of… — Hans Eysenck Copy Share Image
The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
If you represent all the people you should be able listen to someone who's pro-abortion are anti-abortion. Even though you might have… — David Duke Copy Share Image
And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and… — David Duke Copy Share Image
Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are and will be doing quite well - all on their… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the… — Michael Kimmel Copy Share Image
White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history. — Michael Kimmel Copy Share Image
The sixth man, the position, I don't have a problem with, but the award - it's not that it's not important, but… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I'm always excited when I make it on anyone's list - even if it's for affirmative action. My attitude is, 'Am I… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
I looked up affirmative action once in Wikipedia, and it said, 'A measure by which white men are discriminated against,' and I… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“the left had been finessing labels for years: racial preferences to affirmative action to diversity; abortion rights to pro-choice to reproductive rights;… — Jack Cashill Copy Share Image
I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Your actions are living affirmations of what you say you believe and feel. ‘Affirmative action’ is when your actions are in congruence… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
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