Author: Eddie Bernice Johnson

Quotes

As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.

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

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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.

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

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

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

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

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

- Eddie Bernice Johnson

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