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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.

Bella Abzug

Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power 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
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men
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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Business Country Real
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
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
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
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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Class Country White
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
I am not elevating women to sainthood, nor am I suggesting that all women share the same views, or that all women are good and all men bad.
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Men Sainthood Views
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
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Coffee Identity Meeting Someone
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
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
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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Challenges Dollars Years
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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Answer Government President

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