Quotes Tagged With :meritocracy

Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal (...). There is a tendency (...) for certain....

This myth of meritocracy and equal opportunities encourages individualism over collective action, because....

It is the curse of the competent―not to be called upon.

The first commendment of hte post 1970s meritocracy can be sumed up as follows: "Thou shall provide equality....

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul....

Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that....

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my....

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed....

A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment;....