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Quote from Hubert H. Humphrey,

"If [anyone] can find in Title VII ... any language which provides that an employer will have to hire on the basis of percentage or quota related to color, race, religion, or national origin, I will start eating the pages one after another, because it is not in there."



By:

Hubert H. Humphrey (more quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey or books by/about Hubert H. Humphrey)


(1911-1978) US Vice-President, US Senator (D-MN)

Source:

during the debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Categories:

Civil Rights, Redistribution, Regulation, Welfare

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