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Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.

Bella Abzug

Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
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
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
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
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
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power Women
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
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 prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife 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
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
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
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
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Always Decent Outrage Sense
This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
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House Representatives

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