About Quote by Quentin Bryce
“The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Australian Parliament, 2005
Affirmative action should focus on setting goals and recognizing discrimination rather than imposing quotas.
In simple terms: Prefer goals over quotas.
Key Takeaway
Advocate for goal‑based equity measures.
Themes
equality
policy
goals
Mood
formal
policy
Type
political
inspirational
When to use this quote
- workplace hiring
- education admissions
- government programs
Key Concepts
affirmative action
social justice
Questions to Reflect On
- How to measure progress?
- What safeguards ensure fairness?
A Different Perspective
Goals may be vague without enforcement.
![“I'm not a believer that you should set quotas for these things, because I think what happens is no matter how qualified the woman is who gets the job, people will say she [Hillary Clinton] shouldn't have gotten it. She only got it because she's a woman. That is the problem with quotas.” quote by Christy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a2/christy-clark-24327_believer_i-m-not-a-believer-that-you-should-set-q_1304292.jpg)
