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

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

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

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

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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."

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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."

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

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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."

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

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