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This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers.

— Gloria Steinem

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.

— Abigail Disney

Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

— Michael Burgess

I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation.

— James F. Amos

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

— Mitt Romney

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.

— Gloria Steinem

If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

— Wendy Kopp

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

— Walter Cronkite

The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.

— Barack Obama

The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.

— Wendy Kopp

✗Opposing Perspectives

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country.

— Nicola Sturgeon