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Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN."

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.




Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism."

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo."

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.




Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting."

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution."

Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men."

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.




Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction."

Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased."

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt."

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do."

I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'"

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'




Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I am and always will be a catalyst for change."

I am and always will be a catalyst for change.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else."

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses."

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity."

America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal."

Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become."

I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice."

There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency."

My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other."

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission."

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster."

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free."

That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions."

That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Rhetoric never won a revolution yet."

Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice."

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price."

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth."

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world."

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts."

As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black."

As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power."

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential."

I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something."

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry."

The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now."

We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears."

To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place."

I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Of my two 'handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black."

Of my two 'handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered."

I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black."

I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?"

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal."

Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact."

It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent creative personality for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price."

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent creative personality for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "Of my two 'handicaps' being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black."

Of my two 'handicaps' being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.



Shirley Chisholm Quotes: "I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics."

I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.