Eddie Bernice Johnson Quotes

American - Politician | December 3, 1935 -

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

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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.

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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. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.

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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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