Quotes about "Politics & Government"

You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ”

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics. ”

I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead. ”

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide. ”

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done. ”

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be. ”

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. ”

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world. ”

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes. ”

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy. ”