Bella Abzug Quotes
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A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
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Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.
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Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together.
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I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.
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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.
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As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.
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Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a year by underpaying women and using them as a reserve cheap labor supply.
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I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
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Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.
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Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.
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In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.
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Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.
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All of the men on my staff can type.