Ann Richards Quotes

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• I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out…
• I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK…
• I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
• I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.
• Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with…
• I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.
• They blame the low income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work. They…
• I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She…
• I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
• Life isn't fair, but government must be,
• Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
• If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
• I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.
• There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.
• We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.
• I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
• Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
• I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
• One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.
• Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

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