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Shirley Chisholm quotes: Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now.

We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I am and always will be a catalyst for change.

I am and always will be a catalyst for change.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: All Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

All Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered.

I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black ... men are men.

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black ... men are men.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.

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

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

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

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.

Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I have never cared too much what people way. What I am interested in is what they do.

I have never cared too much what people way. What I am interested in is what they do.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.

That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. List to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. List to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.

I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.

I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity on both counts.

As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity on both counts.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.

Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: 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 ...

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 quotes: The one thing you've got going: your one vote.

The one thing you've got going: your one vote.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.

The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears.

To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears.

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time ... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time ... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.

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

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

Shirley Chisholm quotes: Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.