Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.

One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she is anti-male; they even whisper that she's probably a lesbian.

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

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.

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

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.