Pat Nixon Quotes

#1. [On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.

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#2. The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people.

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#3. I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

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#4. The truth sustains me.

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#5. I have a very positive outlook.

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#6. I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.

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#7. I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

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#8. I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

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#9. I don't have time to be depressed.

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#10. I think a person has to just be herself.

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#11. I do or die, but I never cancel out.

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#12. I always look forward, not back.

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#13. Caring for others creates the spirit of a nation.

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#14. I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.

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#15. [On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

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#16. I only know what I read in the papers.

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#17. I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

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#18. It takes heart to be in political life.

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#19. I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.

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#20. I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.

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#21. I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

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#22. Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

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#23. You can't underestimate the power of fear.

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#24. I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

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#25. Even when people can't speak your language,
they can tell if you have love in your heart.

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#26. I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

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#27. I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

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#28. If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.

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#29. Helping another person gives one the deepest pleasure in the world.

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#30. All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.

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#31. I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.

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