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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.

— Bella Abzug Plenary Speech (1995)

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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.

WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH (1990)

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

Earth’s most valuable and most neglected natural resource: women.

WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH (1990)

I felt if we are going to get anywhere, Congress has got to begin to reflect in its composition the great diversity of this country.

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

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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