Madeleine M. Kunin

To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Sometimes compromise is painful.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

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

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Most babies know how to win us over. We cannot help but smile at them and watch them smile back.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

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

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Hugs are helpful, especially when women step out into a mostly male political world. Emotional support, at critical moments, enables women to…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

A source of conflict for women everywhere is the pull between reproduction and production. Women worldwide have difficulty in balancing their dual…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt,…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

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

— Madeleine M. Kunin

If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

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

— Madeleine M. Kunin

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Many businesses oppose any government mandates, even if they are already following them.

— Madeleine M. Kunin