#ron

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

#community #community service #dallas #during #election

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

#doing #going #just #keep #look

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#aid #certain #despise #elevation #helpful

If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#bed #bully #come #day #front

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#benefits #cause #convey #examine #harms

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#christian #example #examples #family #father

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

#afraid #away #break #down #get

House passage is good news for the Northwest corner and our environment. ↗

— Nancy L. Johnson

#environment #good #good news #house #news

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#cheated #happier #sometimes #suffer #than

Nothing wrong with making money. ↗

— Adam Levine

#making money #money #nothing #wrong