About Quote by Maya Wiley

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

“The Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action is incoherent, disingenuous, intellectually muddled and morally confused. Yet it is welcome.”

— Charles Krauthammer

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

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

— Andrew Young

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have…

— Clarence Thomas

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

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

And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.

— David Duke

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

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

— Chaka Fattah