Action Quote by Clint Smith

I think it's worth putting energy into affirmative action in terms of having diversity in positions of power because the door was shut for…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

Diversity for diversity's sake is nothing more than affirmative action and can make no claim to being part of America's greatness.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

— Cornel West

Without application of the mind; there is no drive for taking affirmative action.

— Joseph Mercado

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

— Paul Mooney

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting…

— Barack Obama

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

— Maynard Jackson

Too often the result of affirmative action has been an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of parity between blacks and whites that has…

— Shelby Steele

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

Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.

— Charlie Gonzalez