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

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Source : Quoted in Hannah Josephson, Jeannette Rankin: First Lady in Congress (1974)

Jeannette Rankin

#War Quotes #Justice Quotes #Social Justice Quotes

“Personally, I don't wear fur.”
“A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.”
“Just because something is a standard doesnâ€™t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.”
“What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them and say, 'Look, I'm sorry, but your baby is fking boring.'”
“One of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?”
“even though disease and sorrow are all about us, health and happiness are the normal state of man.”
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

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