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.
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 -… - Shirley Chisholm
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 -…
- Shirley Chisholm
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no foundi… - Shirley Chisholm
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no foundi…
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
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.
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. - Shirley Chisholm
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. - Shirley Chisholm
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. - Shirley Chisholm
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.
When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be rememb… - Shirley Chisholm
When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be rememb…
I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do. - Shirley Chisholm
I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.
Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. - Shirley Chisholm
Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.
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