Bella Abzug Quotes
I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
Abzug, Bella. Bella! Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington. Edited by Mel Ziegler, Saturday Review Press, 1972.
He was referring to the famous Eisenhower quotation of 1961. See {641114}.
This was the origin of the term "military-industrial complex." This speech was written by Malcolm Moos who first penned the term. However, conceptually it was referred to earlier by C. Wright Mills in 1954— {623497}.
Describing the nominee for Secretary of Defense, John Tower, who left the Senate to work as a highly paid consultant for defense contractors before being nominated as Secretary:
Forrestal was outraged when special interests and lobbies pressured Congress and the White House regarding the policies—especially the budget and spending policies of the Department of Defense. Ironically, he was accused of endangering national security by many—especially Southerners. He had racially integrated the Navy while Secretary of the Navy and as Defense Secretary he wanted to integrate the armed forces completely. The argument against integration was that unit cohesion and military effectiveness would decrease. If nothing else, large numbers of servicemen would not want to be in close proximity to Blacks and his would impair their military effectiveness. The same arguments were later made about the integration of women and then gays.
Bella Savitzky Abzug, nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus. She was known as a leading figure in what came to be known as eco-feminism.
