Action Quote by Al N. Green

The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the…

— William J. Clinton

Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.

— Cornel West

To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool…

— Clint Smith

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

— Sonia Sotomayor

What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of…

— Harold Washington

Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance…

— Alan Keyes

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

— Andrew Young

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

— Chaka Fattah

Too often the result of affirmative action has been an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of parity between blacks and whites that has…

— Shelby Steele

And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.

— David Duke

Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And…

— Shelby Steele

“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188”

— Sonia Sotomayor