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

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…

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…

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.