Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Juanita M. Kreps

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Juanita M. Kreps.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Juanita M. Kreps

Clara Juanita Morris Kreps was an American economist, educator and businesswoman who served as the 24th United States secretary of commerce under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Kreps was the first woman to hold that post and the fourth female ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.

One of the mistakes women have made is to romanticize life in the rose-covered cottage and then, discovering their error, proceed to romanticize life in the working world.
... I think we should never underestimate the power of women's threats. If you have ever faced an angry group of women, you know that it makes one very nervous. How can we get groups of women to act in such ways as to make corporations nervous? I should like us to use this method sparingly; but it can be used.
... between government, business, and the public, there is a triangular community of interest. Clearly, it is in business' interest to shape its behavior to prevailing public values; it is more efficient to do so than not to do so. It is also clear that government is the high-cost alternative through which public values are imposed on corporations that do not accurately perceive these values.
I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man — © Juanita M. Kreps
I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man
The difference between the ground and the heights you achieve.
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