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
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn’t always… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
“The next time a woman of whatever color, or a dark-skinned person of whatever sex aspires to be president, the way should… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by… — 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… to give… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I was well on the way to forming my present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States; it… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
“…My present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States: it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs.… — 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
