--- title: "4 Kenneth Prewitt Quotes - Famous Political scientist" description: "American academic... | Kenneth Prewitt was an American academic. He was the Carnegie Professor of Social Affairs at Columbia University's School of Inte..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b087/author-kenneth-prewitt-70686.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Kenneth Prewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b087/author-kenneth-prewitt-70686.jpg) # Kenneth Prewitt (1936–2026) Political Scientist **4** quotes in **75** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Kenneth Prewitt was a political scientist. ## Quick Facts About Kenneth Prewitt Born March 16, 1936 Died June 5, 2026 Profession Political Scientist ## About Kenneth Prewitt American academic... \| Kenneth Prewitt was an American academic. He was the Carnegie Professor of Social Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he was also director of the Scholarly Knowledge Project. He was Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1998 to 2001. ## Quotes by Kenneth Prewitt > [One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-not-only-the-magnitude-of-the/) [Kenneth Prewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/) [Big cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-cities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/kenneth-prewitt-70686_big-cities_one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-n_122203.jpg) > [The actual assertion that the Census Bureau could behave in such a way as to tilt things one way or the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bureau-could-behave-in-such-a/) [Kenneth Prewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/) [Agency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agency/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/kenneth-prewitt-70686_agency_the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bur_1155325.jpg) > [ It's seriously unfortunate when an elected official of the federal government says she's \[Michelle Bachmann\] going to deliberately break the law. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elected-official-of-the-federal/) [Kenneth Prewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/kenneth-prewitt-70686_believe_it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elect_1308243.png) > [The first presidential veto, by George Washington, was a veto of Alexander Hamilton's formula for apportioning the House, and the one that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-washington-was-a-veto-of/) [Kenneth Prewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/) [Census](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/census/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/kenneth-prewitt-70686_census_the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-wa_2884539.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/#itemlist", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and its investment in the country. About 9.3 percent of the population is now foreign-born [announced by the Census Bureau at over 10 percent a few days later]. What's really surprising is how well distributed those population groups are. Historically, we see new immigrants primarily on the coast and in a few big cities. I think the data are going to show a much wider distribution of the new population groups than we've experienced historically.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-not-only-the-magnitude-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/kenneth-prewitt-70686_big-cities_one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-n_122203.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/kenneth-prewitt-70686_big-cities_one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-n_122203.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/kenneth-prewitt-70686_big-cities_one-thing-that-s-really-interesting-is-n_122203.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country…” — Kenneth Prewitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The actual assertion that the Census Bureau could behave in such a way as to tilt things one way or the other way in the partisan sense, is, on the face of it, a silly charge. It's the same Census Bureau that's considered to be incompetent by some people, and then some of the same people are saying that this incompetent agency is so clever and so Machiavellian that it can design a census for partisan reasons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bureau-could-behave-in-such-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/kenneth-prewitt-70686_agency_the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bur_1155325.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/kenneth-prewitt-70686_agency_the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bur_1155325.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/kenneth-prewitt-70686_agency_the-actual-assertion-that-the-census-bur_1155325.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The actual assertion that the Census Bureau could behave in such a way as to tilt things one way or the…” — Kenneth Prewitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's seriously unfortunate when an elected official of the federal government says she's [Michelle Bachmann] going to deliberately break the law. I don't know what kind of signal she thinks that sends, but if she believes that's a good signal, I'm sad for the country. I think that it's deeply, deeply, unfortunate that a member of Congress would, in effect, invite other people who feel that way to say, \"Well, I don't have to do it either.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elected-official-of-the-federal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/kenneth-prewitt-70686_believe_it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elect_1308243.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/kenneth-prewitt-70686_believe_it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elect_1308243.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/kenneth-prewitt-70686_believe_it-s-seriously-unfortunate-when-an-elect_1308243.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's seriously unfortunate when an elected official of the federal government says she's [Michelle Bachmann]…” — Kenneth Prewitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first presidential veto, by George Washington, was a veto of Alexander Hamilton's formula for apportioning the House, and the one that Washington preferred was one that Thomas Jefferson produced, and that was one partisan issue. The apportionment formula that Jefferson produced gave an extra seat to Virginia. Everybody knew what that game was. Look, partisan interest in the census is simply nothing new.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-prewitt/the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-washington-was-a-veto-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/kenneth-prewitt-70686_census_the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-wa_2884539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/kenneth-prewitt-70686_census_the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-wa_2884539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/kenneth-prewitt-70686_census_the-first-presidential-veto-by-george-wa_2884539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first presidential veto, by George Washington, was a veto of Alexander Hamilton's formula for…” — Kenneth Prewitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/#person", "name": "Kenneth Prewitt", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-prewitt/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b087/author-kenneth-prewitt-70686.jpg", "description": "American academic... | Kenneth Prewitt was an American academic. 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