Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes
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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.
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The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network - gives them the advantage of having fresh, and yes, clean faces.
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The first thousand days of a baby's life are likely to determine the rest of her life - whether she grows up to be healthy or not, both physically and emotionally.
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Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.
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Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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Sometimes compromise is painful.
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I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.
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The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.