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

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Safe, Action, Reputation

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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

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Keys, Obesity, Contradictory

"National Security Depends on the Nation’s Food Security" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2013.

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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of Spring.

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Sweet, Spring, Fall

"Seasons Endings and Beginnings" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2012.

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

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Waiting, Connections, Use

"Dear President Obama, Qualified Women are Everywhere..." by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2008.

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

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Doe, Wells

"When Women Do Well, Everyone Does Better" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 25, 2013.

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Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having a voice, being able to shape the future. Women's absence from decision-making positions has deprived the country of a necessary perspective.

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Country, Voice, Creating

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

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Lenses, Fundamentals, World

"Gingrich and Limbaugh: Poor Privileged White Men Grappling with Sotomayor" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2009.

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Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.

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Heart, Democracy, Essentials

"Words Have Consequences" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

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Home, Voice, Coal

"Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.

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Issues, Fundamentals, Economic

"Sheryl Sandberg Is Half Right" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 13, 2013.

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I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and again because of its infinite promise. Justice can triumph, wrongs can be righted, and pain can be alleviated, if the right fix is found. The optimistic illusion that one can change the world is difficult to resist, especially when from time to time that illusion is sustained by even a hint of reality. Change does happen in the political process.

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Pain, Disappointment, Optimistic

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Like art, political action gives shape and expression to the things we fear as well as to those we desire. It is a creative process, drawing on the power to imagine as well as to act.

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Art, Drawing, Expression

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

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Politician, Debris, Courses

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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

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Generosity, Greed, Selfishness

"E Pluribus Unum or Social Darwinism?" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 26, 2011.

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

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Life, Action, Protection

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What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

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Men, Equal Pay, Hands

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The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible.

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Agendas, Wade, Erode

"Women Decide" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, 2010.

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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

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Experience, Life Experience, Denied

"Gingrich and Limbaugh: Poor Privileged White Men Grappling with Sotomayor" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2009.

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When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.

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Different, Safe, Violence

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If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

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Agendas, Tables, Gains

"The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility: How Employers and Employees Can 'Have it All'" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.

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Struggle, Simple, Two

"Celebrating Family and Medical Leave Act With Family Values" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 4, 2013.

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

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Differences, Political, Matter

"Words Have Consequences" by adeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.

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Vocabulary, Talking, Numbers

"Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.

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Mean, Fighting, Men

"In Politics, What Works For A Man Still Does Not Work For A Woman" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2009.

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A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.

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Two, Desire, Succeed

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Born: September 28, 1933
Occupation: Former Governor of Vermont
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