Adventure Quote by Ross Douthat

“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

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

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

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

“The meritocratic society has given way to a hereditary meritocracy.”

— Edward Luce

“At its most basic, the logic of 'meritocracy' is ironclad: putting the most qualified, best equipped people into the positions of greates responsibility and…

— Christopher Hayes

“This is not a meritocracy.”

— Sallie Tisdale

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

— Rupert Murdoch

I don't think the world works on merit.

— Charles de Lint

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

“Creating a meritocracy requires equal participation by both the hippo, who could rule the day by fiat, and the brave smart creative, who risks…

— Eric Schmidt