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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.

Betty Ford

I really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
BETTY FORD

Names Personal Thing Want
I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn’t be so outspoken.
BETTY FORD

Believe Citizens Rights
Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
BETTY FORD

Baby Grandpa Husband
Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
BETTY FORD

Abortion Legal Safe
I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that’s what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn’t eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Mind Thinking
A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
BETTY FORD

Children Jobs Office
That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
BETTY FORD

Earth Helping Others
The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.
BETTY FORD

College Drug People
It’s always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they’re about eighteen years old. If you haven’t made your points with them by then, it’s too late.
BETTY FORD

Children Feelings Years
The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORD

First Freedom Human Lady
I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
BETTY FORD

Different Firsts Happen Lady
I’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
BETTY FORD

Denial Forget never Reactions
For 14 years, I’d been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I’d lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Tolerance Years
When I say we’ve had an ideal marriage, I’m not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it’s all a couple has built on. We’ve had that and a whole lot more.
BETTY FORD

Couple Marriage Talking
I feel it’s important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
BETTY FORD

Empty Golf Life Swimming
Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Cooking Food

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