Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty. (Jack Kemp)

Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.

Jack Kemp

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