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Shirley Chisholm Quote: “Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.”

51. “Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “The rest of the world sees through the sham, when we pour billions in “foreign aid,” which is really military assistance, into underdeveloped countries where the citizens continue to starve – as do millions of our own.”

52. “The rest of the world sees through the sham, when we pour billions in “foreign aid,” which is really military assistance, into underdeveloped countries where the citizens continue to starve – as do millions of our own.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “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.”

53. “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.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.”

54. “Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact.”

55. “It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.”

56. “The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “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.”

57. “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.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “I have already moved away from being a moderate, a liberal. My frustrations at trying to operate through channels and following the prescribed procedures, and failing to get any action, have radicalized me.”

58. “I have already moved away from being a moderate, a liberal. My frustrations at trying to operate through channels and following the prescribed procedures, and failing to get any action, have radicalized me.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “You can’t argue with someone whose premises are completely different from yours, where there is not even an inch of common ground.”

59. “You can’t argue with someone whose premises are completely different from yours, where there is not even an inch of common ground.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “Richard Nixon won in forty-nine states by, for one thing, appealing to the inherent racism of the American people. Voters saw him – a Harris poll two months after the election showed this plainly – as the candidate who would put a stop to school busing and the encroachment of blacks and other minorities on white jobs.”

60. “Richard Nixon won in forty-nine states by, for one thing, appealing to the inherent racism of the American people. Voters saw him – a Harris poll two months after the election showed this plainly – as the candidate who would put a stop to school busing and the encroachment of blacks and other minorities on white jobs.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “She didn’t need to be the Democratic Nominee in order to be a catalyst for change.”

61. “She didn’t need to be the Democratic Nominee in order to be a catalyst for change.”

— Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Quote: “America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity, the Christian love that it would take. It is perhaps unrealistic to hope that I can help give this nation any of those things, but that is what I believe I have to try to do.”

62. “America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity, the Christian love that it would take. It is perhaps unrealistic to hope that I can help give this nation any of those things, but that is what I believe I have to try to do.”

— Shirley Chisholm

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