Shirley Chisholm: “Public service is the rent you pay for space on this earth.”

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

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.

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