Jeannette Rankin quotes

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. (Jeannette Rankin)
Men and women are like right and left hands: it doesn't make sense not to use both. View quote
Jeannette Rankin
We're half the people; we should be half the Congress. View quote
Jeannette Rankin
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go. View quote
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If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier. View quote
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As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else. View quote
Jeannette Rankin
What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision. View quote
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War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. View quote
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Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy. View quote
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I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war. View quote
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It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail. (Jeannette Rankin)
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense. View quote
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Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! Go! Go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go. View quote
Jeannette Rankin