Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. Shirley Chisholm More Quotes by Shirley Chisholm More Quotes From Shirley Chisholm The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry. Shirley Chisholm moats civil-rights cities My God, what do we want? What does any human being want? Shirley Chisholm humans doe want We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves. Shirley Chisholm stereotypes us others only If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. Shirley Chisholm table chair give you I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America. Shirley Chisholm woman me change history I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible. Shirley Chisholm me leadership courage life Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want. Shirley Chisholm you women political want Not only am I literally and figuratively the dark horse, I'm actually the poor horse. The only thing that I have going for me is my soul and my commitment to the American people. Shirley Chisholm me soul dark people Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. Shirley Chisholm being obstacles black path I'm finding all over America that people are sick and tired of the tweedle-dee dees and the tweedle-dee dums who constantly flip-flap from one side to another. People are interested in having candidates that are truthful. Shirley Chisholm finding tired sick people I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew, or anyone from a group that the country is 'not ready' to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start. Shirley Chisholm woman black time believe Of course 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 - to perpetuate injustice through inaction. Shirley Chisholm will injustice prejudice reason I'm looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I'm doing. Shirley Chisholm looking man earth walking America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact that we are not utilising the abilities and the talents of other brown and black peoples and females that have something to bring to the creativity and the rejuvenation and the revitalisation of this country. Shirley Chisholm creativity black today people 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, the Christian love that it would take. Shirley Chisholm justice heart love people I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics. Shirley Chisholm woman discrimination black politics
