Public service is the rent you pay for space on this earth.

First of all, gentlemen, you have to really recognize I am doing something in this country that has never really been done before. It is a question of inculcation, reorientation and education. Never before in this country, ever since the…

The American people want elected leaders who are unbossed and unbought.

I make that statement proudly, in the full knowledge that, as a black person and a female person, I do not have a chance of actually gaining that office in this election year. I make that statement seriously, knowing that my candidacy…

Friends, I am a candidate for the presidency of the United States. I make that statement proudly with the full knowledge that as a black person and a female person, I do not have a chance of actually gaining that office in this election…

Shirley Chisholm said if there is not a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines whimpering and complaining; you make progress by implementing ideas.

The situation in New York City is so critical and so important that none of us should let partisan politics stand in our way.