Shirley Chisholm: “You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines whimpering and complaining; you make progress by implementing…”

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…

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

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

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