The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORDFor 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.
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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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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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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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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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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.
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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.
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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do 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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