America Quote by Rand Paul Download Open image “In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.” — Rand Paul ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare America Based Country Merit Old Old Country Opposed Success
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“The world more often rewards outward signs of merit than merit itself.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We say success in America is about hard work and character. It's not really. Most of success today is about how good you are… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
“David Brooks, “Our Founding Yuppie,” Weekly Standard, Oct. 23, 2000, 31. The word “meritocracy” is an argument-starter, and I have employed it sparingly in… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
You know, as Secretary of State, I've been privileged to represent this great country, and I know its strengths, and I know its challenges.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles and following… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in Raqqa, Syria.… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain things that… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I would have handled it differently than the mayor of Baltimore, that's for sure. I think it's a mistake to say, hey, guys, you… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
President Obama, I think, wanted what was best for the country, but I think it didn't work well. I think we have the death… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I think it's a mistake to downgrade and say surveillance is no big deal. It is a huge deal that we are collecting millions… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
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