Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.

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As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers – a great pity, on both counts.

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As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear to be to the people. Everyone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.

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Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

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

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Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

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I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.

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

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I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

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Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.

As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers – a great pity, on both counts.

As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear to be to the people. Everyone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

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

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.

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

I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

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