I want to make it as hard as possible. Gun owners would have to be evaluated by how they scored on written… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Guns are far too accessible and too readily available. There are over 200 million guns in our society - and that's just… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
I don't know how anybody can say that who looks at what's happening to our young people and what's happening to our… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Certainly we have to find some kind of warning to put on guns for sale. And that's not too far-fetched. But what… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Guns kill more teenagers than the other big killers - heart disease, cancer, and AIDS - combined. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Gun owners would have to be evaluated by how they scored on written and firing tests, and have to pass the tests… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor,… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
[On masturbation:] I think that it is part of human sexuality, and perhaps it should be taught. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
I think we should have a very, very heavy tax on handguns and on bullets. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
“We have a multiheaded dragon in our midst that for too long has been waging a domestic war on our young, our poor, our… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
[We must] deal with all of the contributing factors to gun violence as a whole, because it's like a leaky bucket - if you've… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
You can't educate people that are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
Health is more than absence of disease; it is about economics, education, environment, empowerment, and community. The health and well being of the people… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share
