"Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and……" — Alan Keyes
"Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country."
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50 Quotes by Alan Keyes
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I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things.…
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That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged…
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And when you tell me that somebody's skin color or gender is going to determine their prospects in this world,…
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I personally do not owe the debt that was owed by the campaign.
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Anything the government gives you is just another link in the chains that destroy your liberty.
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Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make…
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We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on…
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Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be…
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Harden our hearts to the innocents in the womb, and we have hardened our hearts to the need for compassion,…
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There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.
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The question isn't whether you have a good master or a bad master. It's to be your own master. That…
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We stand on no high moral plateau in our time. We are, in fact, plumbing depths of depravity unknown to…
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Well begun is half done.
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