The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORDI know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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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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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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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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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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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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It’s always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they’re about eighteen years old. If you haven’t made your points with them by then, it’s too late.
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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 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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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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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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I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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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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