Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
When the Kerner Commission told white America what black America has always known, that prejudice and hatred built the nation’s slums, maintains… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
Legal discrimination between the sexes is, in almost every instance, founded on outmoded views of society and the pre-scientific beliefs about psychology and physiology.… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
“Following along the path of her role models, Shirley knew that if she waited for permission, she’d never receive her turn.” — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
“The most tragic error into which older people can fall is one that is common among educators and politicians. It is to use youth… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share
