When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
BELLA ABZUGThe establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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I’ve been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy.
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Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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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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We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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All the men on my staff can type.
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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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Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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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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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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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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Maybe we weren’t at the Last Supper, but we’re certainly going to be at the next one.
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Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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