In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Of my two 'handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having… — 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
Women know, and so do many men, that two or three children who are wanted, prepared for, reared amid love and stability,… — 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 I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Which is more like genocide, I have asked some of my black brothers - this, the way things are, or the conditions… — 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
