“ Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you? He answered, Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born… Ayn Rand
“ The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill
“ Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that succeed the most. A.E. Samaan
“ People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it. Alexei Maxim Russell
“ This myth of meritocracy and equal opportunities encourages individualism over collective action, because when people believe this myth, they obviously see no need for protest movements around particu… Finn Mackay
“ The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960. Charles Murray
“ One of my greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people ra… John Kenneth Galbraith
“ Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. Chinua Achebe
“ Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal (...). There is a tendency (...) for certain people to use this phrase out of context, to satisfy all conditions. The most ridiculous example… Harper Lee
“ The first commendment of hte post 1970s meritocracy can be sumed up as follows: "Thou shall provide equality of opportunity to all, regardless of race, gender, or sexual oritentation, but worry not ab… Christopher L. Hayes
