62 Quotes by Anne-Marie Slaughter

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

Women still can’t have it all.

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.

A man has to define himself as a breadwinner, as opposed to thinking that well, women used to be caregivers who also wanted to have careers; men have always had careers, so why shouldn’t they also want much more family time?

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

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

This crisis had forced me to confront what was most important to me, rather than what I was conditioned to want, or perhaps what I had conditioned myself to want.

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.

Balance” is a luxury. Equality is a necessity. When we stop talking about work-life balance and start talking about discrimination against care and caregiving, we see the world differently.