Affirmative Quotes

129 quotes by 101 authors

The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work. — Harold Washington
If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity? — Maynard Jackson
I nearly always find, when I ask a vegetarian if he is a socialist, or a socialist if he is a vegetarian, that the answer… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong. — Alan Dershowitz
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
The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as… — Hermann Hesse
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles. — John Kasich
Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap. — Joe Klein
I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything… — Matthew McConaughey
I am an affirmative action hire. — Anna Quindlen
You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that… — Russell Simmons
With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were… — Sonia Sotomayor
You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action. — Sonia Sotomayor
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx.… — Sonia Sotomayor
I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its… — Sonia Sotomayor
There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance… — Sonia Sotomayor
Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna… — Jon Stewart
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league.… — J C Watts
I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based… — J C Watts
My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as… — J C Watts

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