Action Quote by Harold Washington

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

— Cornel West

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

— Paul Mooney

Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like…

— Jonathan Coleman

I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.

— Quentin Bryce

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

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

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

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

— Joseph Mercado

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

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

— Maya Wiley

No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here, if it…

— Shelby Steele

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