Jan Schakowsky Quotes

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The more there are, the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage.

Leadership desperately needs women.

The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.

I think the more women we have in leadership positions, the more women will see examples, can see themselves in those roles.

I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

Technology may be traditionally perceived as a male-dominated industry, but it won't always be that way. Every day we see more and more powerful women leaders boasting outstanding achievements.

I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done.

Women…are just as capable of being heads of state as men. Some of the most forceful leaders of history, from the time of Queen Elizabeth to Israel’s Golda Meir and India’s Indira Gandhi in our own time, have been women. Mrs. Gandhi, incidentally, is prime minister of 530 million people, more than twice the population of the United States.

We will have a female President.

When women succeed America succeeds.

Being a woman leader is secondary to me - and should be to others.

I do like to get inspired by and support any female leads.

I have always believed women have so many natural leadership qualities. They just need opportunities and access.

I am the first female chief executive of Hong Kong.

The future is female right now in the Republican Party. Kellyanne Conway just ran the first successful presidential race in history as a woman. I am the second woman ever to lead the Republican National Committee.

Of course, I'm all for women getting to play prominent parts.

We applaud any company making business decisions that empower women.

Both at home and abroad, Ivanka Trump has been a strong and confident advocate for female equality.

Women shouldn't aspire to a box or a title. They should look toward being leaders.

By the time I sold Birmingham City football club in 2009, 75% of the directors were women, which I take great pride in - that's unique in business, full stop.