Shirley Chisholm

"That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free."

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

"Don’t listen to those who say YOU CAN’T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN."

- Shirley Chisholm

"I don’t measure America by its achievement, but by its potential."

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

"If they don’t give you a seat at the [negotiating] table, bring a folding chair."

- Shirley Chisholm

"Service is the rent we pay for our place on earth."

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm

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

- Shirley Chisholm