Author: Jeannette Rankin

Quotes

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

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

- 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.

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

- Jeannette Rankin

It will be hard to convince people that their welfare is safe in the hands of a federal government when they feel themselves the victims of unjust sectional discrimination.

It will be hard to convince people that their welfare is safe in the hands of a federal government when they feel themselves the victims of unjust sectional discrimination.

- Jeannette Rankin

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

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

- Jeannette Rankin

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

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

- Jeannette Rankin

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

- Jeannette Rankin

We reasoned that the men would find it difficult to vote against the women in their home states when a woman was sitting with them making laws.

We reasoned that the men would find it difficult to vote against the women in their home states when a woman was sitting with them making laws.

- Jeannette Rankin

If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.

If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.

- Jeannette Rankin

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

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

- Jeannette Rankin

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