Employed Quote by Rush Limbaugh

That the actual practice of meritocracy mostly involves a strenuous quest to avoid any kind of downward mobility, for oneself or for one's kids,…

— 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

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

“This is not a meritocracy.”

— Sallie Tisdale

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

I've always felt all the jobs I've ever got are on merit.

— Zoe Ball

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I don't think the world works on merit.

— Charles de Lint

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

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