Joycelyn Elders quotes

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children. (Joycelyn Elders)
We know that more than seventy to eighty percent of women masturbate, and ninety percent of men masturbate, and the rest lie. View quote
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I want every child that's born in the world to be planned and wanted. View quote
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As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else. View quote
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Condoms will break, but I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms. View quote
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We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education. View quote
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Handguns are a public health issue. View quote
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I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse. View quote
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You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store, I'd never seen a black clerk in a clothing store. View quote
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If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones. View quote
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If you say children wouldn't know anything about masturbation on their own, you've never changed a little boy's diaper. (Joycelyn Elders)
How do you get rid of the trash? It's out there in society, it's going on every day. You can educate children an awful lot easier than you can get rid of the trash. View quote
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If you can't control your reproduction, you can't control your life. View quote
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We must stop this love affair with the fetus. View quote
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They are boycotting common sense. View quote
Joycelyn Elders

Joycelyn Elders

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Occupation: American Public Servant
Born: August 13, 1933
Quotes count: 15
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