Eddie Bernice Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.”

“When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.”

“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.”

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

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

“It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.”

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

“We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.”