There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.

That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

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

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.