Discrimination against women in politics is particularly unjust, because no political organization I have seen could function without women. - Shirley Chisholm

The law cannot do it for us. We must do it for ourselves. We must refuse to accept the old, the traditional roles, and stereotypes.

I did this [ran for president as a Democrat instead of third party] because I feel that the time for tokenism and symbolic gestures is past. Women need to plunge into the world of politics and battle it out toe to toe on the same ground as male counterparts.

Some other black political leaders scolded me. I told them that no one has a right to call himself a leader unless he dares to lead.