Anne-Marie Slaughter Quotes

Having it all means having the same work and family choices that men do. It doesn't mean having everything that you want. No one has that.

Only when women wield power in significant numbers will we create a society that genuinely works for all women … that will be a society that works for everyone.

The societies that work build an infrastructure of care as well as an infrastructure of capitalism.

In the end, no matter how much you love your work, your work will not love you back.

If we're going to have better choices for women, we've got to have better choices for men.

Believe it or not, we will actually be better and happier workers if we are allowed to be better parents. We might even rediscover our capacity for fun.

The American work environment has to change, not the women. We should be recognizing that what women are not fitting into is a very narrow, male-dominated workplace of the 1950s.

Do not vote for Hillary [Clinton] because she is a woman. Ask yourself, who has done more for women so far and who will do more for women in the future - and then make your choice.

The international community cannot stand by and watch the massacre of Libyan protesters. In Rwanda we watched. In Kosovo we acted.

Women still can't have it all.

Motherhood is a greater predictor of wage inequality than gender is. It's enormous.

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

I very much admire Sheryl Sandberg for what she has done. I really do. But Sandberg's narrative also implies: "Well, it's your fault if you couldn't make it." There is a certain injustice in that.

My husband has spent more time with our children than I have. I don't think they're better or worse off.

In foreign policy, even if you hold high office, you can't be sure what the effects will be of the things you do.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

I am convinced that this country is ready to have a woman in the White House, but I also think there's still a lot of hidden sexism.

We all love narratives where we're the captain of our boat, and Americans love them more than anybody else.

Our approach [to global security] has changed by the way we've elevated development. The biggest lesson is to recognize global responsibility.

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