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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.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: woman, history, me, change

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Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: room, earth, service, you
Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: want, political, you, women
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: seldom, up, against, profit, morality
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.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: people, justice, heart, love
I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered.
— Shirley Chisholm
Tags: guts, remembered, how, say, like
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