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