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 FORDI’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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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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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
BETTY FORDYou can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
BETTY FORDFriends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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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.
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.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
BETTY FORDI had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
BETTY FORDHaving babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
BETTY FORDAlcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
BETTY FORDAny woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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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 FORDI 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.
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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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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?
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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 FORDAnd 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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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORDThe search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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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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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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