The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

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.

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

All the men on my staff can type.

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.