America Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

That the actual practice of meritocracy mostly involves a strenuous quest to avoid any kind of downward mobility, for oneself or for one's kids,…

— Ross Douthat

One of the things that is great about this country is that we're a meritocracy. Aspirational, hard-working people who want to come here -…

— Priti Patel

Meritocracy has nothing to do with who gets in. It's more who you are and where you come from and where you are employed.

— Rush Limbaugh

“Meritocracy is a social arrangement like any other: it is a loose set of rules that can be adapted in order to obscure advantages,…

— Shamus Rahman Khan

Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but…

— Chris Hayes

“This is not a meritocracy.”

— Sallie Tisdale

I don't think the world works on merit.

— Charles de Lint

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

— Toby Young

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in…

— Dawn Foster

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

— Rupert Murdoch

But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the system for…

— Krystal Ball