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Jeanette Rankin
American
Politician
About the author
Killing more people won't help matters.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#People
#Help
#Killing
As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#War
#Woman
I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#Want
#War
#Country
#Vote
If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#Time
#Life
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,
American
Politician
#End
#War
#American
#Mind
#Women
#Vietnam
#Boys
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,
American
Politician
#War
#Common sense
#Decency
#Compromise
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#War
#Enemies
We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#People
#Congress
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,
American
Politician
#Life
#Decision
#Philosophy
#Crisis
Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#Right
#Men
#Sense
#Women
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
Jeanette Rankin,
American
Politician
#Will
#Democracy
#Race