Shirley Chisholm Quotes


Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. Shirley Chisholm Service 244
When morality comes up against profit it is seldom that profit loses. Shirley Chisholm Ethics 148
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. Shirley Chisholm Service 127
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. Shirley Chisholm Society 107
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves. Shirley Chisholm Civil 81
Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. Shirley Chisholm Prejudice 68
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. Shirley Chisholm Politics 56
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price. Shirley Chisholm Politics 49
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 Appoint 36
In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing – antihumanism. Shirley Chisholm Uncategorized 33

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