Bella Abzug Quotes
Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.
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The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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I never dread going back to Congress.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
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If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
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My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.
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The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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A first difficulty of the Arab movement was to say who the Arabs were. Being a manufactured people, their name had been changing in sense slowly year by year. Once it meant an Arabian. There was a country called Arabia; but this was nothing to the point.
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Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.
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To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on, tells you something about one aspect of the American character: the capacity to withstand a great deal of outside interference, so to speak; a willing acceptance of frenzy which though it's never self-conscious, amounts o a willingness to let other people have and assert their own lively, and even offensive, character. They are a tough race in this.
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Call me a dreamer, but I think it would be great if getting medical attention were as easy as getting a gun.
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I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
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If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies.
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Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.
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Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.
