Category - Shirley Chisholm

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Shirley Chisholm, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Shirley Chisholm
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Shirley Chisholm

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time… its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

I am the people’s politician. If the day should ever come when the people can’t save me, I’ll know I’m finished.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

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

Shirley Chisholm

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

Shirley Chisholm

I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates simply because he is not white or because she is not a male.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

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

Shirley Chisholm

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, ‘Listen to me.’

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

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.

– Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

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

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