Bella Abzug Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I am not a centrist.”

“I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.”

“Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 together.”

“We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us.”

“When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.”