Shirley Chisholm Quotes

Of my two 'handicaps' being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want? Take away an accident of pigmentation of a ...

No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have a...

It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent creative personality fo...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: "It's ...

I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency ...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a...

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Legal discrimination between the sexes is, in almost every instance, founded on outmoded views of so...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anyw...

I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean...

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because...

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

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the fie...