"As a woman I can't go to war,……" — Jeannette Rankin

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

— Jeannette Rankin

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20 Quotes by Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
Men and women are like right and left hands: it doesn't make sense not to use both.
Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .
The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed…
I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic.
I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.
It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end…
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
Killing more people won't help matters.
If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be…

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More Anyone Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about… — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize… — Andrea Arnold
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one… — Diane Ackerman
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

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