Jeanette Rankin Quotes

If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.
Jeanette Rankin

Life, Time, Live

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.
Jeanette Rankin

Women, Men, Sense

Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
Jeanette Rankin

Democracy, Small, Cannot

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.
Jeanette Rankin

War, Woman, Else

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
Jeanette Rankin

War, Country, Cannot

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.
Jeanette Rankin

Women, War, Mind

Killing more people won't help matters.
Jeanette Rankin

Help, Won, Matters

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.
Jeanette Rankin

War, Cannot, Sense

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
Jeanette Rankin

War, Human, Possible

We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
Jeanette 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.
Jeanette Rankin

Life, Crisis, Decision

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: June 11, 1880

Died: May 18, 1973

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