Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live...They won't become involved in economic or political change until something brings the seriousness of the situation home to them.
Shirley ChisholmAt present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.
Shirley ChisholmThe 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 ChisholmRacism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.
Shirley Chisholm