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I Stand Before You Today As A Candidate For The Democratic Nomination For The Presidency Of The United States. I Am Not The Candidate Of Black America, Although I Am Black And Proud. I'm Not The Candidate Of The Women's Movement Of This Country, Although I Am A Woman, And I'm Equally Proud Of That. I Am Not The Candidate Of Any Political Bosses Or Fat Cats Or Special Interests... I Am The Candidate Of The People...

I’d Like Them To Say That Shirley Chisholm Had Guts. That’s How I’d Like To Be Remembered.

My God, What Do We Want? What Does Any Human Being Want? Take Away An Accident Of Pigmentation Of A Thin Layer Of Our Outer Skin And There Is No Difference Between Me And Anyone Else. All We Want Is For That Trivial Difference To Make No Difference.

Laws Will Not Eliminate Prejudice From The Hearts Of Human Beings. But That Is No Reason To Allow Prejudice To Continue To Be Enshrined In Our Laws - To Perpetuate Injustice Through Inaction.

To Label Family Planning And Legal Abortion Programs "genocide" Is Male Rhetoric, For Male Ears.