Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

- 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.

- Sonia Johnson

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

- Sonia Johnson

The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.

- Sonia Johnson

What we resist persists.

- Sonia Johnson

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

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

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

- Sonia Johnson

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

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

- Sonia Johnson

I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.

- Sonia Johnson

In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.

- Sonia Johnson

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