"I try hard to convince them it's important……" — Eddie Bernice Johnson
"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 most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."
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Eddie Bernice Johnson
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23 Quotes by Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson has 23 quotes on this site.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000…
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men…
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
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I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
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We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and…
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out.…
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