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.

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears.

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

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?

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

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.