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I always had a decent sense of outrage.

Bella Abzug

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
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
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Always Decent Outrage Sense
We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.
BELLA ABZUG

Done Feminism World
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
I prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife Women
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
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
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
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
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.
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Men Sainthood Views
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
Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
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.
BELLA ABZUG

Justice Memorable Struggle
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

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