Jeannette Rankin

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.

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

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

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party.