Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella,… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
I am not elevating women to sainthood, nor am I suggesting that all women share the same views, or that all women are good… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over. — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
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… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
