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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

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 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
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Always Decent Outrage Sense
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
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
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
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
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 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
This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
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House Representatives
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
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
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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Inspirational Motivational Women
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men

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