Affirmative action Quote by Charles Krauthammer

Let's be clear about one thing everyone should know: Affirmative action is constitutional.

— Maya Wiley

I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white…

— Camille Paglia

Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.

— Cornel West

To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool…

— Clint Smith

“The history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action.”

— Michael Eric Dyson

That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our…

— Alan Keyes

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

— Chaka Fattah

Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a…

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

In theory, affirmative action certainly has all the moral symmetry that fairness requires. It is reformist and corrective, even repentent and redemptive.

— Shelby Steele

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

— Paul Mooney

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

— Andrew Young

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have…

— Clarence Thomas