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A sales tax is the enemy of the poor person. It is the enemy of the elderly couple who live on fixed income. And it is the enemy of the everyday American consumer, poor or not.

— Shirley Chisholm Speech at Newark College of Engineering (1972)

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I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Unbought and Unbossed (1970)

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Unbought and Unbossed (1970)

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

Anthology : Quotations and Sayings of People of Color (1973)

We must reject the thought of Saint Paul who said, “let the woman marry in silence."

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