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We need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.

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
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
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 need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.
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Gay Law Men
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
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
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
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
Maybe we weren’t at the Last Supper, but we’re certainly going to be at the next one.
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Lasts Next Women
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type
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
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
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
There 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.
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Decide Impatient Profane Things Thoe Uppity

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