Action Quote by 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

Advocating for affirmative action through the prism of diversity may be more politically palatable, but it will inevitably yield insufficient results.

— Clint Smith

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

— Cornel West

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

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

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

I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white…

— Camille Paglia

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

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

— Quentin Bryce

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done…

— J. C. Watts