Al D'Amato Quotes

All patronage is perilous to men of real ability and merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to support.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

I'll take discrimination if it's in my favor!

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

One would be lying if they say nepotism doesn't exist.

People bring it up to me: 'Well, you're only in your spot because you can talk well.' Okay, first off, you could be right. But second, what - am I supposed to apologize for this? No.

I don't think the world works on merit.

As governor, I don't want my fair share. I want more than my fair share.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

The rankest form of hypocrisy. Laws that are good enough for everybody else ought to be good enough for us.

All men are created equal. Some, it appears, are created a little more equal than others.

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve.

My father was against nepotism.

You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.

At the end of the day nepotism has been there it's always going to be there don't expect it to change.

The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

Beware of privilege. It stinks of rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties.

If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

Everyone knows that life isn't fair. Saying it's not fair suggests that you think life is supposed to be fair, which makes you look immature and naive.