Pat Nixon

First Lady

1912-03-16

Quotes by Pat Nixon

• 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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• 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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• All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.

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• Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

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• 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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