Eddie Bernice Johnson Quotes

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

Women, Business, Issues

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

Health, Human, Fact

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

Losing, Feels, Sting

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

Experience, America, Nation

Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Time, Society, Black

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

History, Business, Care

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

Family, Sick, Felt

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

Peace, Women, Said

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Black, Vote, Takes

There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Woman, Cannot, Bring

We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Future, Party, Accomplish

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

Wrong, Keep, Losing

Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Business, Happen, Female

When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Following, Losses

Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Peace, Women, Start

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

Men, Him, Before

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

History, Important, Hard

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 centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Peace, Women, Focus

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

Peace, Respect, Anger

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

Thought, After, Kids

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

Different, Sometimes, Start

This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

Time, Women, Woman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: December 3, 1935

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