Abortion doesn’t belong in the political arena. It’s a private right, like many other rights concerning the family. Bella Abzug
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened. Bella Abzug
I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business. Bella Abzug
The inside operation of Congress – the deals, the compromises, the selling out, the co-opting, the unprincipled manipulating, the self-serving career-building – is a story of such monumental decadence that I believe if people find out about it they will demand an end to it. Bella Abzug
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room. Bella Abzug
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee. Bella Abzug
Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel. Bella Abzug
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. Bella Abzug