The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
[A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You'll see that the strong, the affirmative, the positive voice in any of the plays I've written is that of a woman.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now… — Abraham Lincoln 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
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
All rights are individual. We do not get our rights because we belong to a group. Whether it's homosexuals, women, minorities, it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The problem is that affirmative action could never really get at the issue of corporate power in the workplace, and so you… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Who knows what Yale thought it was getting when it hired Richard Rodriguez? The people who offered me the job thought there… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Due to affirmative action, about half of the black law students fall to the bottom 10% percent of the class and they… — Peter Kirsanow Copy Share Image
Affirmative action ignores our society's real minorities - members of the disadvantaged classes, no matter what their race. We have this ludicrous… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
One thing has not changed: to doubt the worth of minority students' achievement when they succeed is really only to present another… — Sonia Sotomayor 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
Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that… — Helen Zille Copy Share Image
I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
The median GPA and LSAT percentile for students of the country's elite law schools were 3.8 and 98 respectively. At the time… — Lino Graglia 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
You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom… — Russell Means 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
Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras,… — Dennis Stock 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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