Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for the strength to live the day. Clearly,… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
Just your laughter will be enough to prevent the war. Your celebration, your dance, will be enough to prevent the war. Your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, if the league is going to have a no-tolerance policy for domestic abuse, if we're going to be a global organization… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting 'O.K.' has deposed the more affirmative 'Yes,' so the little cringe and hesitation and approximation of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here,… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
The most wonderful inspirational chemistry we can use on another is the gift of our love and acceptance. Devoted and unquestioned love… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale.… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
One moves swiftly and imperceptibly from a world in which affirmative action can't be ended because its beneficiaries are too weak to… — Christopher Caldwell Copy Share Image
Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring… — Ron Suskind 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
If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
The present dominant values (xenophilia, cosmopolitanism, narcissistic individualism, humanitarianism, bourgeois economism, hedonism, homophilia, permissivenes, etc.) are actually anti-values - values of devirilising… — Guillaume Faye 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
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God's knowledge of future events does… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I was painting her portrait in the little studio, and when I came to the eyes I stopped, overcome by emotion, and… — Jules Breton 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
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Remember that God, during your prayers, is watching for your affirmative answer to the question which He is inwardly asking you: 'Do… — John of Kronstadt 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
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should… — J. C. Watts 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
The new statement will comprise the skepticisms, as well as the faiths of society, and out of unbeliefs a creed shall be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics… — Albert Schweitzer 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
The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The government can back up its tastes and beliefs with the police power. That is why it cannot be permitted tastes and… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
There will be a debate on Firing Line between Buckley and Gore Vidal on the proposition: "This nation cannot survive as long… — M. Stanton Evans Copy Share Image
Blake expressed some doubt as to whether God had made the tiger. But the tiger is in many ways an admirable animal.… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
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