Quotes About Meritocracy

Legacies, athletes, and favored racial minorities all receive preferential treatment from admissions committees to the exclusion of academically better-qualified students.

Business doesn't cut you any slack because of your gender. You're either good at what you do or you're not.

The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one in which a smart, ambitious, hardworking person without a huge amount of resources has a pretty good shot, in the end, of beating out a less smart, less ambitious, less hardworking rich person.

There are so many opportunities at Ring Of Honor. If you do a good job, you get to do more. If you do a crappy job, then you don't.

Appleseed's orchard, is a blooming, fruiting meritocracy, in which every apple seed roots in the same soil and any seedling has an equal chance at greatness, regardless of origin or patrimony. Befitting the American success story, the botany of the apple—the fact that the one thing it won't do is come true from seed—meant

This is free ground. All the way from here to the Pacific Ocean. No man has to bow. No man born to royalty. Here we judge you by what you do, not by what your father was. Here you can be something. Here's a place to build a home. It isn't the land

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in a meritocracy, should go to those who do journalism well.

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

everyone in the land has an equal chance. In war the bravest becomes a general, in peace the cleverest is chosen as a councillor.

Chris Coleman and Ryan Giggs have shown that they're not afraid of giving young players a chance if you're ready and you're good enough.

My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort.

We believe in a government that trusts people and doesn't limit where you finish because of where you started.

The truth is, I feel sorry for the Old Etonians. Everybody should be judged on his or her own merits. Assuming that toffs are 'out of touch' is more modern and fashionable than assuming they have a 'natural fitness for government,' but it's no fairer.

Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where you came from, but because of where you want to go.

We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged.

We're dealing with whether we're going to accept the idea of socialism and Marxism and atheism. Or go back to the American way, Judeo-Christian values, which meritocracy is part of it. The idea that content and character and talent are colorblind.

There is socialism in the family that conflicts with meritocracy. And that bothered me.

Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.

No arbitrary obstacles should prevent people from achieving those positions for which their talents fit them and which their values lead them to seek. Not birth, nationality, color, religion, sex, nor any other irrelevant characteristic should determine the opportunities that are open to a person—only his abilities.

La meritocrazia e il clima mediterraneo sono di necessità incompatibili. È il prezzo che paghiamo per avere il miglior olio d'oliva d mondo, immagino.

Meritocracy and the Mediterranean climate are by necessity incompatible. I suppose it's the price we pay for having the best olive oil in the world.

Rara vez en la historia de este país se ha encontrado al frente de una institución cultural a alguien cualificado, o al menos no incompetente sin remedio. Se aplican estrictos controles y hay numeroso personal especializado para impedir que eso suceda. La meritocracia y el clima mediterráneo son incompatibles por necesidad

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.