War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. – Jeannette Rankin
Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn’t accept a bribe, I had to run. – 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. – Jeannette Rankin
Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn’t make sense not to use both. – 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. – Jeannette Rankin
It is important for people to be able to read all sides of every question; for a feeling of national unity does not come from one-sided or inadequate information, but from a sense of freedom impartially secured and of opportunity equalized by a just government. – Jeannette Rankin
Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! Go! Go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go. – Jeannette Rankin
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy. – Jeannette Rankin
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
We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating human beings. – Jeannette Rankin
If they are going to have war, they ought to take the old men and leave the young to propagate the race. – Jeannette Rankin
The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War. – Jeannette Rankin
Might it not be that a great force that has always been thinking in terms of human needs, and that always will think in terms of human needs, has not been mobilized? Is it not possible that the women of the country have something of value to give the nation at this time? – Jeannette Rankin
How can people in other countries who are trying to grasp our plan of democracy avoid stumbling over our logic when we deny the first steps in democracy to our women? – 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. – 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. – Jeannette Rankin
If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier. – 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. – Jeannette Rankin
