56 Quotes by Sonia Johnson

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.

I look out upon the world men have made—their legislatures, courts, churches, schools, art, architecture, their politics, their economics—and I don't see anything I would have done as they have done it. Not one single thing. Their system does not reflect me at all, neither my mode of being in the world nor my world view; rather, it is inimical to all I love, all I desire, all I am. Its every aspect pains me to look at, to think about; it hurts me on all levels of my life; it is not my home.

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.

The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling.