The truth sustains me.
— Pat Nixon
I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.
I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.
I think a person has to just be herself.
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.
I don't have time to be depressed.
I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
I only know what I read in the papers.
I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.
I have a very positive outlook.
It takes heart to be in political life.
I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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.
All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.
I always look forward, not back.
I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.
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.
I do or die, but I never cancel out.
I never had time to dream about being anyone else.
I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.
I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.
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.
I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.
I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.
Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
