Author: Bella Abzug

Quotes

As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.

As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.

- Bella Abzug

All of the men on my staff can type.

All of the men on my staff can type.

- Bella Abzug

We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.

We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.

- Bella Abzug

Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together.

Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together.

- Bella Abzug

I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure.

I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure.

- Bella Abzug

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.

- Bella Abzug

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

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

- Bella Abzug

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

- Bella Abzug

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

- Bella Abzug

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