“I am determined that we're going to get the economy really moving again, building on the progress, but never going back to what got us in trouble in the first place.” FirstsMovingEconomyProgressTroubleBuildingDeterminedI Am Determined Author:Hillary Clinton
“By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made in the years to come.” YearsFirstsMadeCountryProgressStrongerOur CountryHopefulProsperous Author:Barack Obama
“You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable. Of course when you're a candidate's wife and when you're first lady and the first African-American first lady to boot, that is very, very hard to do.” FirstsRealHardEnoughCoursesWifeProgressHonestAfrican AmericanUncomfortableCandidatesBootsFirst Lady Author:Jodi Kantor
“I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is basically the equivalent of electronic telepathy. We can now communicate all the time through our little magic smartphones with people who are anywhere, all the time, constantly learning what they're thinking, talking about, exchanging messages. And this is a new capability even within the context of the Internet.” PeopleThinkingFirstsHumansLittlesTermTalkingProgressMagicCommunicationKeysInternetMessagesConceptsCommunicateCapabilityTechnologicalHuman HistoryTelepathySmartphonesExchangingConstantly Learning Author:Edward Snowden
“One [paradox] is that pornography follows in that wake of women's liberation. The first instances of hard-core pornography were in late 18th-century in France, "the Golden Age of Women." The next wave in the 20th century comes from Sweden, one of the first countries where women voted. Then Germany, again, at the forefront of progress. Then America in the '80s, when women were closing the pay gap. And Japan, same thing.” FirstsCountryHardAgeAmericaNextPayProgressCenturyLateWaveCoreGoldenInstanceFranceLiberationGermanyJapanParadoxGaps20th Century80sPornographyClosingSwedenGolden Age18th CenturyHard CorePay Gap Author:Stephen Marche
“In 1949, I believed that social progress, the triumph of the proletariat, socialism would lead to the emancipation of women. But I saw that nothing came of it: first of all, that socialism was not achieved anywhere, and that in certain countries which called themselves socialist, the situation of women was no better than it was in so-called capitalist countries.” FirstsCountryCertainSocialSituationSawsProgressSocialismTriumphCapitalistSocialistEmancipationProletariatSocial Progress Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“Nobody thinks quotas are a great win for women - the win would be removing the discrimination and inequality that creates under-representation in the first place. But in the short term, alongside other measures, they can be an effective way to make progress happen faster.” ThinkingWayFirstsHappensWould BeWinningTermProgressDiscriminationInequalityFasterRepresentationShort TermQuota Author:Laura Bates
“Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality.” PeopleFirstsHumansSelfUnderstandingNumbersPrinciplesVirtueProgressHuman NatureProduceDependsMoralityFree MarketGovernanceConservatismInteractingVests Author:Mary Matalin
“I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.” FeelsYearsFirstsLongMadeRememberOrderStudyFiveProgressLong TimeFive Years Author:Joyce Meyer