Eddie Bernice Johnson Quotes

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• I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so…
• Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
• All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
• As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.
• During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas…
• I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
• I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
• I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
• It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
• There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
• We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
• Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
• There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly,…
• Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that…
• Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
• The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
• This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was…
• Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.
• Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace…
• We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.

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