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Well, I think a Congressional wife has to be a special kind of woman. I don't think that all women, really, can adjust to this type of life.

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Source: "Interview with the 60 Minutes" (10 October 1975)
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As the barriers against freedom for Americans because of race or religion have fallen, the freedom of all has expanded. The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom of women.

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