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When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens.

~David Souter

Topics: Affirmative Citizens Congress Constitution Executive Exercises Governments Impose Judicial Local May Obligations Officers Ordinary Powers State Well

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I believe that Harvard can have, and must have, a strong affirmative action program that reflects our commitment to equal opportunity while fully respecting the academic standards of the University.

~Derek Bok

Topics: Academic Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Believe Commitment Equal Equal Opportunity Fully Harvard Must Opportunity Our Program Reflects Respecting Standards Strong University While I Believe I Believe That

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If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.

~Derek Bok

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Contribute Effort Harvard Invest Necessary Prepared Quality Time

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I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.

~Dick Gephardt

Topics: Act Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Been Believe Career Civil Civil Rights Fight Get Led Long Rights Strong Strongly Supporter Voting Voting Rights Whole I Believe I Believe In

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I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

~Dick Gephardt

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Attended Birthday Brief Court Federal Friend Holiday Keep King Law Law School Luther Making Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Michigan Original School Sponsors Which

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It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Act Action Acts Affirmative Affirmative Action Agency Air Clean Clean Air Could Created Deal Domestic Endangered Endangered Species Endangered Species Act Environmental Environmental Protection Go Great Hawk Liberal New New Deal Nixon Policy Promoted Protection Skills Species Water Who

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Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.

~Eleanor Holmes Norton

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Been Black Central Class Creation Discrimination Effect Ever Had Important Ingredient Instituted Measures Middle Middle Class Most States Statistical Technique The Most Important Tool United United States

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In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite.

~Eric Liu

Topics: About Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Arguing Cal Colleges Duke End Feed Finite Ignoring In The End Like Pipeline Pool Princeton Selective Size While

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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.

~Faye Wattleton

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Been Cast Cognizant Doors Generally Opening Played Race Role Terms The Doors Themselves Think Women I Think

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At the core of 'Star Trek' is Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. So much of science-fiction is about a dystopian society with human civilization having crumbled. He had an affirmative, shining, positive view of the future.

~George Takei

Topics: About Affirmative Civilization Core Future Gene Had Having He Human Much Positive Science-Fiction Shining Society Star Star Trek Trek View Vision

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