122 Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.

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.

We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now.

The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.

Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.

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

Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.

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 would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.

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