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I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

Betty Ford

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Knows Preoccupied Served
I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
BETTY FORD

Independent Kind Streak
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.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Tolerance Years
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.
BETTY FORD

Children Feelings Years
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.
BETTY FORD

Couple Marriage Talking
Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
BETTY FORD

Baby Blessing Duty
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 FORD

Country Father Husband
That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
BETTY FORD

Earth Helping Others
Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
BETTY FORD

Friends School Senior
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.
BETTY FORD

Names Personal Thing Want
I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
BETTY FORD

Firsts Hate Lady Love
The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORD

First Freedom Human Lady
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 FORD

Alcohol Humor Makeup
Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
BETTY FORD

Alcohol Cooking Food
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.
BETTY FORD

Believe Citizens Rights
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 FORD

Children Jobs Office

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