Quotes Tagged With :meritocracy

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

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

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

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

And if an increasingly pluralistic America ever decides to commission a new motto, I’m open for business,....

People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media....

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

Where the establishment emphasized humility, prudence, lineage, meritocracy celebrates ambition, achievement,....

If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.

With a blade at your throat, a well-connected uncle or a wealthy mother could not save you. Only you....