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Betty Ford quotes: Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

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

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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

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

Betty Ford quotes: I had thought I would hate being First Lady ... I loved it.

I had thought I would hate being First Lady ... I loved it.

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

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

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.

Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.

Betty Ford quotes: I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

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

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

Betty Ford quotes: The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There's a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it's called college.

The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There's a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it's called college.

Betty Ford quotes: You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

Betty Ford quotes: 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?

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 quotes: Being a lady does not require silence.

Being a lady does not require silence.

Betty Ford quotes: This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself.

This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself.

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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.

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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.

Betty Ford quotes: You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

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

Betty Ford quotes: Friends aren't any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.

Friends aren't any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.

Betty Ford quotes: Having babies is a blessing, not a duty,

Having babies is a blessing, not a duty,

Betty Ford quotes: The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

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

Betty Ford quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Betty Ford quotes: I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

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