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Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but…

— Chris Hayes

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

— Eric Ries

There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief…

— Mitch Kapor

“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

When it comes to work, there is a fear factor around meritocracy. People are afraid of being openly judged. However, when you know what…

— Maynard Webb

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

— William Hazlitt

The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself.

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Meritocracy has nothing to do with who gets in. It's more who you are and where you come from and where you are employed.

— Rush Limbaugh

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld