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" I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential. "
Shirley Chisholm
Achievement
America
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" I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics. "
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" We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves. "
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" Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, 'Listen to me.' "
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" America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact that we are not utilising the abilities and the talents of other brown and black peoples and females that have something to bring to the creativity and the rejuvenation and the revitalisation of this country. "
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" Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. "
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" Legal discrimination between the sexes is, in almost every instance, founded on outmoded views of society and the pre-scientific beliefs about psychology and physiology. It is time to sweep away these relics of the past and set further generations free of them. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I'm doing. "
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" The 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. "
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" You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. "
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" I want history to remember me... 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 who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America. "
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" I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that. "
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" If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. "
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" My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency. "
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" Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want. "
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" Not only am I literally and figuratively the dark horse, I'm actually the poor horse. The only thing that I have going for me is my soul and my commitment to the American people. "
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" It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine. "
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" The fact is that a woman who aspires to be chairman of the board - or a member of the House - does so for exactly the same reasons as any man. Basically, these are that she thinks she can do the job, and she wants to try. "
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" George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida, and he went all over Florida, and he said to the people, 'If you all can't vote for me, don't vote for those oval-headed lizards. Vote for Shirley Chisholm!' And that crashed my votes, because they thought that I was in league with him to get votes. "
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