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A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Before Campaign Corporate Court Gay He Issues Justice Kennedy Liberal Reagan Repeatedly Shown Spending

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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 wrong.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Acknowledged Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Career Changed Critical Early Mind Publicly Wrong

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In Obama's case, we've enabled affirmative action to find a home in the nation's highest office. There you have it. I said it and I stand by it. America fell for the gimmick candidate, disregarding every fact and warning sign in the rush to have 'the first African-American president.'

~Allen West

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action African-American America Candidate Case Every Fact Fell Find First Gimmick Highest Home Nation Obama Office President Rush Said Sign Stand Warning You

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Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.

~Andrew Young

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Army Competitiveness Democracy Economic First Had Important Kind Military National National Security Properly Realize Security Some Working You

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

~Andrew Young

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Aspect Decision Decision Making Effort Every Include Making Society

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I am an affirmative action hire.

~Anna Quindlen

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Am Hire I Am

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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 middle-class women.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Abuse Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Almost Benefit Had Ideals Immediately Middle-Class Regard Started System White Women Wonderful

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Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Abortion About Action Advance Affirmative Affirmative Action Campaign Campaign Finance Cared Clear Conservative Control Down Finance Gun Gun Control Judges Laid Legislation Many Most Opponents Other Political Predictable Progressives Rules Terms Understand

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

~Chaka Fattah

Topics: Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Definition Know Some

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Advocating for affirmative action through the prism of diversity may be more politically palatable, but it will inevitably yield insufficient results.

~Clint Smith

Topics: Action Advocating Affirmative Affirmative Action Diversity Inevitably Insufficient May More Politically Prism Results Through Will Yield

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