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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.

Bella Abzug

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong 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
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
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
This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
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House Representatives
Abortion doesn’t belong in the political arena. It’s a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.
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Abortion Political Rights
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
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Always Decent Outrage Sense
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
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 change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power 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
Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men
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

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