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Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly (born 1939) is an American political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences. He is considered to be the man behind California's Proposition 209 prohibiting race- and gender-based preferences in state hiring, contracting and state university admissions, a program known as affirmative action.

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If I have learned one thing from life, it is that race is the engine that drives the political Left. When all else fails, that segment of America goes to the default position of using race to achieve its objectives. In the courtrooms, on college campuses, and, most especially, in our politics, race is a central theme. Where it does not naturally rise to the surface, there are those who will manufacture and amplify it.

Achieve, America, College, Race, Segment

I would contend that we place no other value above the right to be free. We will die for our freedom. In fact, we believe freedom is sufficiently important that we will even die so that others around the globe might be free.

Believe, Contend, Important, Might, Place

Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices consigned them to another generation - or, perhaps, a term of indefinite duration - of virtual enslavement to the past.

2003, June, Justice, Past, Perhaps, Said

Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy to increase black representation in the Republican Party by appeals based on race. Whatever the name- 'African American Outreach' or 'Black Republicans for Bush'- any effort to attract blacks or any other ethnic group to the Republican party, based on explicit or implicit appeals to race or ethnic identity, are not only a waste of time and resources, but are also misguided and potentially quite damaging to the nation.

Implicit, Names, Party, Race, Waste

Freedom is such a precious commodity. Yet sometimes the freest of people devalue it the most.

Devalue, Liberty, People, Precious, Sometimes

Passionate ideological opposition to race preferences does not seem to be part of the Bush DNA, and President Bush has been no exception to this rule. . . It is not the legitimate business of government in America to promote 'diversity. '

America, Exception, Government, Preferences, Race

The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history.

Chapter, Decision, Grutter, Sad, Taken, Together

Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races.

Believe, Equality, Needs, Race, Racist, Supporting

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