A rebel with a cause can start a revolution. Reflect on the life and works on one such rebel who fought poverty and racism. Look at our site for them.
- ”You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.” – Shirley Chisholm
- ”Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.” – Shirley Chisholm
- “Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.” – Shirley Chisholm
- “As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers – a great pity, on both counts.” – Shirley Chisholm
- “We have never seen health as a right. It has been conceived as a privilege, available only to those who can afford it. This is the real reason the American health care system is in such a scandalous state.” – Shirley Chisholm