Action Quote by Sonia Sotomayor

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

— Chaka Fattah

And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.

— David Duke

I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white…

— Camille Paglia

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

— Cornel West

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

— George W. Bush

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

— Jayson Blair

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

Your actions are living affirmations of what you say you believe and feel. ‘Affirmative action’ is when your actions are in congruence with your…

— Derek Rydall

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

— Andrew Young

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

Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a…

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool…

— Clint Smith