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 FORDWe’re full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it’s difficult the first year.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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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.
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And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, “What will you have to drink? Oh that’s right you don’t drink.” Just speak up and say, ‘Of course I drink. But I just don’t drink alcohol.’
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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.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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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.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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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.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.
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We’re full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it’s difficult the first year.
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