I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost. - Ann Richards
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.
- Ann Richards
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. - Ann Richards
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
Life isn't fair, but government must be. - Ann Richards
Life isn't fair, but government must be.
Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan … - Ann Richards
Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan …
Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life. - Ann Richards
Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.
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 in politics. - Ann Richards
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 in politics.
We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another. - Ann Richards
We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.
You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig. - Ann Richards
You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. - Ann Richards
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
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