Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.
- Sonia Johnson
Civil, Civil Disobedience, Disobedience
It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.
- Sonia Johnson
Nothing, Very, Willing, Audacious
Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.
- Sonia Johnson
Dangerous, About, Proves, Precarious
I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.
- Sonia Johnson
City, Salt, Still, Lake
I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.
- Sonia Johnson
Background, Could, Most, Orthodox
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!
- Sonia Johnson
Death, Strong, Going, Strengthen
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.
- Sonia Johnson
Church, Amendment, Opposing, Uneasy
What we resist persists.
- Sonia Johnson
Resist, Persists
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.
- Sonia Johnson
Change, Small, Significant, Small Group
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.
- Sonia Johnson
Feeling, Choose, Tell, Few People
The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.
- Sonia Johnson
Men, Than, Hits, Crisis
In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.
- Sonia Johnson
Human Beings, Up, Were, Mormons
What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.
- Sonia Johnson
Failure, Heart, Most, Fear
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