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,… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
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… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
It's 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… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
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… — Betty Ford Copy Share
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,… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
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… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
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… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
