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When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

Bella Abzug

Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
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
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
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 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
I prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife 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
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
the women’s movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.
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Legs Movement Stronger
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
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
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
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 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
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race

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