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The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

Bella Abzug

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
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
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
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power Women
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
I prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife 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
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
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men
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
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
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
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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Inspirational Motivational Women
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

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