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.

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• Shirley Chisholm:

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

• Shirley Chisholm:

  The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in t

• Shirley Chisholm:

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

• Shirley Chisholm:

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

• Shirley Chisholm:

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

• Shirley Chisholm:

  I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote

• Shirley Chisholm:

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• Shirley Chisholm:

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• Shirley Chisholm:

  George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida,

• Shirley Chisholm:

  Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the