“It will be hard to convince people that their welfare is safe in the h...” — Jeannette Rankin Quote

“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.”

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

“We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.”

“No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.”

“Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.”

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”