"Would there not be the greatest reason to……" — Alexander Hamilton

More Affirmative Quotes

This quote is filed under Affirmative Quotes, one of 129 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. — John Burroughs
• White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is… — Rajneesh
• Jesus was a lover of life, a very affirmative person, but Christianity is life-negative. — Rajneesh
• The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination… — Potter Stewart
• The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government… — Sandra Day O'Connor
• Too often the result of affirmative action has been an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of parity between blacks… — Shelby Steele
• ...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils… — Unknown Author
• We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the… — Sandra Day O'Connor
• And, even if Affirmative Action survives, it is also clear that these policies are not themselves sufficient to close the… — Unknown Author
• Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between… — Shelby Steele

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