From his press conference of August 20, 1963...President John F. Kennedy on the basic idea at the core of "affirmative action"...racial quotas...
"...I don't think we can undo the past...I don't think quotas are a good idea. I think it is a mistake to assign quotas on the basis of religion, or race, or color, or nationality. I think we'd get into a good deal of trouble...We ought not to begin the quota system...not hard and fast quotas."
