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Betty Ford24 quotes“The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.”
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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.’
Betty FordBetty Ford 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 FordBetty Ford Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
Betty FordBetty Ford You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Betty FordBetty Ford Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
Betty FordBetty Ford I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
Betty FordBetty Ford 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 FordBetty Ford 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.
Betty FordBetty Ford 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 FordBetty 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 FordBetty Ford That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
Betty FordBetty Ford 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 FordBetty Ford Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
Betty FordBetty Ford Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
Betty FordBetty Ford 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.
Betty FordBetty Ford You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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