Betty Ford Quotes

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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

Betty Ford

Business, Anticipation, Sad Truth

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

Betty Ford

Helping Others, Earth, Helping

"Lifting the cause of women and breast cancer awareness". TODAY interview, www.today.com. August 5, 2010.

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Being a lady does not require silence.

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Silence, Doe, Being A Lady

Address at the International Women’s Year meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, geraldrfordfoundation.org. October 25, 1975.

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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

Betty Ford

First Lady, Humans, Human Freedom

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I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

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Looks, Lost, Left

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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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Fear, Easier, Ifs

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1987). “Betty: A Glad Awakening”, Doubleday Books

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A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

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Self, Choices, Freedom Of Choice

"A Feminist? Definition Varies With the Woman", www.nytimes.com. November 8, 1975.

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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

Independent, Kind, Streaks

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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

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Should Have, Abortion, Safe

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

Betty Ford

Food, Alcohol, Cooking

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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?

Betty Ford

Humor, Makeup, Alcohol

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1987). “Betty: A Glad Awakening”, Doubleday Books

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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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Golf, Swimming, Empty Life

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What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.

Betty Ford

Baby, Opportunity, Men

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I've learned a lot about myself. Most of it is all right. When I add up the pluses and subtract the minuses, I still come out pretty well.

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Add, I've Learned, Wells

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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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 Ford

Thinking, Alcohol, Mind

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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.

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Jobs, Children, Office

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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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Believe, Rights, Citizens

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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.

Betty Ford

Different, Firsts, First Lady

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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.

Betty Ford

Baby, Blessing, Having A Baby

"Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies at Age 93", www.foxnews.com. July 09, 2011.

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I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you're having a good time.

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Party, Thinking, White

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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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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Alcohol, Alcoholics, Knows

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Betty Ford

Children, Years, Feelings

Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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When other women have this same operation, it doesn't make any headlines. But the fact that I was the wife of the President put it in headlines and brought before the public this particular experience I was going through. It made a lot of women realize that it could happen to them. I'm sure I've saved at least one person maybe more.

Betty Ford

Cancer, Wife, President

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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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Denial, Never Forget, Reactions

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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 Ford

Thinking, Years, People

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Born: April 8, 1918
Died: July 8, 2011
Occupation: Former First Lady of the United States
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