Quotas Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing… — Alan Greenspan
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. — Clarence Thomas
I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And… — Ronald Reagan
Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about. — George W. Bush
I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas… — Samuel Alito
Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's trade disputes are… — Robert Kuttner
When leadership set the goals by themselves, they are not goals, they are quotas. — Dave Ramsey
Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces… — W. Edwards Deming
Between the Community Redevelopment Act, requiring banks to make what I would call very weak loans, and specific quotas that the Congress imposed on Fannie… — Wilbur Ross
Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind… — Gunter Grass
Since governmental quotas expand bureaucratic power, provoke a backlash and are unfair to individuals, we need to find a better way to increase minority opportunities. — Marvin Olasky
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty. — Jack Kemp
I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation. — James F. Amos
A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to… — Twyla Tharp
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives. — W. Edwards Deming
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
Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas. — Jasper Fforde
In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are… — Vaclav Havel
Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is… — Walter Block

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