Andrew Young Quotes

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

I know our country can remain forward-thinking by ensuring young women and minorities are given equal opportunity.

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.

It is the policy of the state [of New York] that the American ideal of equality of opportunity requires that students ... be admitted to educational institutions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, or national origin.

Equality is equity.

Everybody has his place; everybody is equal. Treated equally, equal standing, equal rights and status.

Ending discrimination and extending equality should always be a national priority.

The idea of bringing equality not just to entertainment but to every walk of life - I think it's very important.

We are all about the equality through society and sport.

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

I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or application screening, are a double win: they reduce implicit bias and they help communicate our commitment to meritocracy.

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.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

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

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.