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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Business
Issues
Just
Several
Women
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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
Assure
Election
Experience
Lawmakers
Must
Nation
Nightmare
Our
People
Presidential
Presidential Election
Will
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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Black
Black And White
Dallas
Diversity
Now
Society
Time
White
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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.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Before
Community
Community Service
Dallas
Election
Front
Had
Higher
Him
Large
Male
Men
Native
Opponents
Profile
Run
Runner
Service
Than
Three
Who
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Been
Business
Care
Child
Country
Female
Generally
Has-Been
Historically
Speaking
Thought
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Always
Came
Doing
Family
Felt
I Came
Obligation
Oriented
Sick
Something
Towards
Up
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Around
Needed
Organize
Peace
Push
Said
Women
World
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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
Accustomed
Convince
Country
Discomfort
Get
Hard
History
Important
Minorities
Most
Older
Older People
Parts
People
Some
Them
Try
Voting
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I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Continually
Feels
Losing
Only
Sting
Who
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Activity
Black
Ground
Stimulate
Takes
Vote
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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
Activity
Ambassador
Around
Centers
Countries
Country
First
First Phase
Focus
Get
Here
Increasing
Inviting
Order
Other
Other Countries
Our
Peace
Phase
Touch
Toward
Trying
Volume
Were
Who
Women
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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.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Anger
Attributes
Conflict
Curriculum
Develop
Differences
Management
Other
Our
Peace
Phase
Resolution
Respect
School
Second
Teaches
Tolerance
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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
After
Being
Combat
Cover
Far
Gone
Had
Just
Kids
Magazine
Military
Mostly
Right
Thought
Too
Trained
Were
Who
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The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Air
Air Pollution
Effects
Fact
Health
Human
Lives
Pollution
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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.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Against
Back
Different
Discrimination
Gender
Just
Looking
Looking Back
Lot
Out
Quietly
Race
Realize
Slowly
Sometimes
Start
Started
Still
Than
Traces
Until
You
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Bring
Cannot
Issue
Perspective
Woman
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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.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Any
Could
Dallas
Even
First
First Time
Had
Kind
Office
Public
Public Office
Qualified
Questioned
Take
Time
Whether
Woman
Women
Won
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
Because
Disagree
Go
Over
People
Them
World
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
~ Eddie Bernice Johnson
About
Accomplish
Future
Party
Think
Want
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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
Because
Doing
Going
Just
Keep
Look
Losing
Right
Seriously
Very
Wrong
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