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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.


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You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.



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



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

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



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.



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.



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

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



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.



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.



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

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



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





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I love to dance to Robyn, Nicki Minaj and Boney M.



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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.



Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

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