Eddie Bernice Johnson Quotes

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

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

It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.

People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.

World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality.

We could have peace in one year if women were organized.

The vast majority of the peoples of the world are against war and against aggression. If they make their wishes known and effective, war can be stopped. It all depends on whether they are willing to make the effort necessary for the purpose

To have world peace, we all have to have a healthy understanding of what is necessary to bring World Peace. It's not something that will be dropped on our laps. We have to work for it. Until we get World Peace, I think my strongest passion stays in the effort to get it.

The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.

TED Women will focus on the ideas and innovations championed by women and girls. These cover everything from community development to economic growth to biodynamic farming to robotics to medical treatments to the use of technology for personal safety and peace making.

It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.

There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.

If it's radical to want an end to war and an end to violence, so that we can devote ourselves to the challenges of peace, then I'm pleased to call myself a radical.

Our purpose is to abolish war and bloodshed from the face of the earth

The cause of world peace is much more important than any individual.

I'm setting up a fund to empower girls and women to speak up - on all issues, not just sexual harassment. For me, it's about inspiring women to come together.

I'm not interested in worrying in if I make people uncomfortable. I'm interested in stopping women and children dying - that's what I'm interested in.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

I'm so excited by women right now, not just in America but globally. Women really are coming into their own. We're standing on the shoulders of forty years of hard and messy work.