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We need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.

Bella Abzug

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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Decide Impatient Profane Things Thoe Uppity
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power Women
Maybe we weren’t at the Last Supper, but we’re certainly going to be at the next one.
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Lasts Next Women
Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
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Justice Memorable Struggle
When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
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Hats Lawyer Way
In the face of so much pain, I remain an incurable optimist. I am fueled by the passion of the women I have been privileged to meet and work with, buoyed by their hope for peace, justice, and democracy.
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Justice Pain Passion
We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.
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Done Feminism World
Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
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Individuality Promise Suffering
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Jobs Memorable Women
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century – and the economy – around.
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Country Government Reality
Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all – every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability.
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Age Race Women
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
We need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.
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Gay Law Men
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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Inspirational Motivational Women
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type

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