Action Quote by Peggy McIntosh

I am an affirmative action hire.

— Anna Quindlen

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

— Jayson Blair

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

— Sonia Sotomayor

That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our…

— Alan Keyes

In those days [1955], affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small Texas town…

— Bill Moyers

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

This is what it is for Asians to be part of - support affirmative action, even though it may be against their interest, but…

— Cornel West

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

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

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

— Paul Mooney

I believe a person regardless of race should get the job.

— David Duke

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