This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
BELLA ABZUGThere are those who say I’m impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I’m any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am — and this ought to be made very clear — I am a very serious woman.
More Bella Abzug Quotes
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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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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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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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Maybe we weren’t at the Last Supper, but we’re certainly going to be at the next one.
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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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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.
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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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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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We need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.
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All the men on my staff can type.
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Abortion doesn’t belong in the political arena. It’s a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.
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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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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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