Eddie Bernice Johnson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Issues
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Air #Facts #Pollution
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 this had just gone too far.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Military #Kids #Years
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, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Race #Different #Discrimination
Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#School #Differences #Tolerance
We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Looks #Never Quit #Losing
There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Issues #Perspective
It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Black #Vote
I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Losing #Feels
I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#World #Said #Organize
I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Sick #Obligation #Family Oriented
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 who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Running #Men #Community
As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#America #People #Presidential
Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Country #Children #History
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.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Country #People #Voting
Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson

#Believe #Female #Wells

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