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I want to bring Congress back to the people. If that proves to be impossible to do by working from within, then I'm prepared to go back outside again-to the streets-and do it from there.

— Bella Abzug Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

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

All over the world, ordinary citizens are coming forward to assert their democratic and human rights, and concern about the environment permeates their demands.

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When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

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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.

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