Shirley chisholm quotes and sayings

1. "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

2. "Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth."

3. "The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'"

4. "You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."

5. "The law cannot do it all. Creating a new society is up to us."

6. "Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal."

7. "I am and always will be a catalyst for change."

8. "I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself."

9. "I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that. I am the candidate of the people of America."

10. "You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."

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