“I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the A...” — Shirley Chisholm Quote

“I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates simply because he is not white or because she is not a male.”

“I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.”

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

“Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.”

“Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.”

“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.”

“We are going to use the truth, and we are going to use it toward the end of winning the war; and we know what would happen to the American people if we lose it.”

“I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.”

“Congress can pass reasonable gun safety legislation and save lives. We have a duty to the American people to do our job.”

“Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.”

“It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent.”

“With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.”