You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
¶ (1968)
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Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) American suffragist, politician
We did not labor in suffrage just to bring the vote to women, but to allow women to express their opinions and become effective in government. Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.
¶ (Attributed)
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
¶ (Attributed)
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