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.
BETTY FORDI have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
BETTY FORDI know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
BETTY FORDFriends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
BETTY FORDIt’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.
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.
BETTY FORDThat’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
BETTY FORDWhen 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 FORDI 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 FORDYou can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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.’
BETTY FORDI had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
BETTY FORDI really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
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.
BETTY FORDHaving babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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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