Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the… — Antonio Villaraigosa Copy Share Image
With respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority. — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
I specially want to have young women not to wait as I did until my children were grown, but young women to… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any. — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority. — Gene Brown Copy Share Image
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members,… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I recognize that Hollywood is not about seniority. Often it's not even a meritocracy. It's about what you did yesterday. You have… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension… — Antonio Villaraigosa Copy Share Image
If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race… — James Cook Copy Share Image
“Seniority has nothing to do with intellectuality, your individuality wins the majority or minority, simply because you maintained the status quo of… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
