Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.
From Shirley Chisholm
I'm looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I'm doing.
I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.
I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates simply because he is not white or because she is not a male.
I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.
I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that.
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