Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.”

“'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.”

“Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.”

“Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.”

“When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.”

“Why can't the world be like a summer day, when I thought that health care would be an ethical decision and wars existed only to be stopped?”

“When facing the public, politicians constantly filter their ideas through a political sieve. 'How will this affect the environmentalists, labor, management?' Sometimes the sieve gets so clogged by political taboos that no new ideas pass through.”

“Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.”

“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.”

“Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.”