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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.

Betty Ford

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
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
I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
BETTY FORD

Independent Kind Streak
I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Knows Preoccupied Served
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
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
Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
BETTY FORD

Abortion Legal Safe
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.’
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Course Patient Speak
I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
BETTY FORD

Firsts Hate Lady Love
Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
BETTY FORD

Friends School Senior
You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
BETTY FORD

Alone Easier Fear
My makeup wasn’t smeared, I wasn’t disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Humor Makeup
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
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
Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
BETTY FORD

Baby Grandpa Husband

That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.

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