We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves. Shirley Chisholm More Quotes by Shirley Chisholm More Quotes From Shirley Chisholm You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. Shirley Chisholm african-american inspiring ideas When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want. Shirley Chisholm black want firsts Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN. Shirley Chisholm lists voice leadership Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. Shirley Chisholm earth inspiring pay Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. Shirley Chisholm stimulus discouragement defeat I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. Shirley Chisholm voice odds running In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. Shirley Chisholm social-justice female black The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so. Shirley Chisholm rights mother father I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men. Shirley Chisholm discrimination black men Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased. Shirley Chisholm health-care privilege care Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal. Shirley Chisholm racism justice country Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution. Shirley Chisholm revolution revolutionary evolution 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 prejudice law heart Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. Shirley Chisholm skirts our-society losing At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. Shirley Chisholm determination country needs I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do. Shirley Chisholm too-much people way The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.' Shirley Chisholm equality emotional girl We have never seen health as a right. It has been conceived as a privilege, available only to those who can afford it. This is the real reason the American health care system is in such a scandalous state. Shirley Chisholm privilege care real 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 justice-for-all law heart I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become. Shirley Chisholm america
