Action Quote by Richard Rodriguez

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was…

— Alan Dershowitz

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

— George W. Bush

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

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students.

— Jeb Bush

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights…

— Dick Gephardt

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

— Sonia Sotomayor

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women.…

— John Lewis

Because of the discrimination during my time as a teenager I decided to live my life as I want it.

— Conchita Wurst

The problem is that affirmative action could never really get at the issue of corporate power in the workplace, and so you ended up…

— Cornel West

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

I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it because, on…

— Randall Kennedy