“Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men.”

—  Rush Limbaugh

[The Way Things Ought to Be, Pocket Books, October 1992, 52, 978-0671751456, 92028659, 26397008, 1724938M]

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