Affirmative Quotes
- Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got into Yale because… — Jon Stewart
- I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which… — Dick Gephardt
- Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation.… — Shari Arison
- Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The question whether our conscious personality survives after death has been answered by almost all races of men in the affirmative. — James G. Frazer
- Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of… — Alexander McCall Smith
- There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are… — Ruth Simmons
- The affirmative of affirmatives... is love. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- This above all-ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should… — Rainer Maria Rilke
- Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within… — Henry Louis Gates
- Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty. — Jack Kemp
- I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act… — Dick Gephardt
- White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history. — Michael Kimmel
- Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti- affirmative action --… — Jesse Jackson
- In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics are, by a… — Albert Schweitzer
- I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action. — Joe Lieberman
- Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York… — Tom Lantos
- What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the… — Harold Washington
- Quality of life is the sum total of the fairness of our tax structure; the caliber of our homes; the cleanliness of our air and… — Tom McCall
- Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place. — Harold Washington