Equality Quote by Chris Hayes

“Meritocracy is a social arrangement like any other: it is a loose set of rules that can be adapted in order to obscure advantages,…

— Shamus Rahman Khan

That the actual practice of meritocracy mostly involves a strenuous quest to avoid any kind of downward mobility, for oneself or for one's kids,…

— Ross Douthat

A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family…

— Ben Bernanke

“David Brooks, “Our Founding Yuppie,” Weekly Standard, Oct. 23, 2000, 31. The word “meritocracy” is an argument-starter, and I have employed it sparingly in…

— Walter Isaacson

“A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family…

— Ben Bernanke

“Creating a meritocracy requires equal participation by both the hippo, who could rule the day by fiat, and the brave smart creative, who risks…

— Eric Schmidt

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

— Anonymous

“At its most basic, the logic of 'meritocracy' is ironclad: putting the most qualified, best equipped people into the positions of greates responsibility and…

— Christopher Hayes

“The first commendment of hte post 1970s meritocracy can be sumed up as follows: "Thou shall provide equality of opportunity to all, regardless of…

— Christopher Hayes

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

— St. Catherine of Siena

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in…

— Dawn Foster