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

“Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.”

“We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.”

“Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.”

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

“When I went to represent my law firm anywhere—I was a young kid just out of college—I said, How do you do? I'm Bella Abzug from the law firm of such and such, and people would say, Yes, fine, fine,...”

“But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human.”

“How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds.”

“Women who focus on style over substance usually find themselves in a big fucking hole, with other men who want to fuck the hole. Oh so smooth, and none sophistacted. Because, you know, how sophisti...”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”