Affirmative action Quote by Sonia Sotomayor

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“She wrote that she was pretty sure more women and people of color could enroll “without denying to white men of merit a fair…

— Irin Carmon

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

— Chaka Fattah

“The Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action is incoherent, disingenuous, intellectually muddled and morally confused. Yet it is welcome.”

— Charles Krauthammer

Affirmative action has provided affirmative opportunities for capable, competent, and qualified persons to succeed on their merits or fail on their demerits.

— Al N. Green

Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.

— Cornel West

“And yet, on balance, affirmative action has, I think, been a qualified success.” A 13-word sentence with five hedging words. I give it first…

— William Knowlton Zinsser

Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a twofer. Bet she…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I looked up affirmative action once in Wikipedia, and it said, 'A measure by which white men are discriminated against,' and I got so…

— Gloria Steinem

I am an affirmative action hire.

— Anna Quindlen

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

What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of…

— Harold Washington