Backlash Quote by Marvin Olasky

I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems.…

— Ronald Reagan

We should widen our economic base and encourage businesses to move up the value chain and increase job diversity.

— Carrie Lam

Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's…

— Jon Stewart

Quotas are often about quantity and not quality. I think people should get jobs because they are qualified and they can prove they are…

— Lenny Henry

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 based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.

— Jack Kemp

We need to afford people from minority groups and marginalized communities the chance to inhabit spaces they're often held out of because of stereotyping.

— Patti Harrison

I feel young men and women of color need to be provided with equal opportunities no matter what their socioeconomic status may be.

— Mike Conley Jr

“Statistics can’t measure equal opportunity, just equal results. The government starts with the assumption that if, say, employment rates diverge from population makeup by…

— Steve Sailer

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

Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about.

— George W. Bush

It is true that too many people are not getting a fair opportunity to get ahead. We must find ways to help them move…

— Jamie Dimon