Action Quote by Judith Love Cohen

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

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

— Paul Mooney

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

— Cornel West

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

— John Kasich

And, even if Affirmative Action survives, it is also clear that these policies are not themselves sufficient to close the educational and employment gaps…

— Harry J. Holzer

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

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

— Quentin Bryce

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

— Maya Wiley

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

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

— Maynard Jackson

The worst thing about affirmative action is that it encourages reverse discrimination, so-called because it goes in the opposite way of how we naturally…

— Stephen Colbert