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

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Source : Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.124, Take Root Media

Shirley Chisholm

#Integrity Quotes #Patriotic Quotes #Power Quotes

“Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.”
“The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies.”
“I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.”
“In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.”
“I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.”
“Over the years, my books have been given a lot more credence than they should. I don't think people should take them quite that seriously. They're not a theological treatise; they were never intended to be. I find myself in awkward situations sometimes because people think I'm some great authority on spiritual warfare, but I'm not. I never have been.”
“One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.”
“Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. Joe Biden was right. Hostile forces will test him in the first few months.”

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