Creative Quotations from Pat Nixon (1912-1993)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Pat Nixon
(1912-1993) born on Mar 16

US first lady. She was a high school teacher before marrying Richard Nixon; biography written by daughter, Juli, 1986.

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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

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.

Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

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

I would feel sorry for her if she did.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "The Life 101 Quote Book."
R:	In "The Book of Quotes," by Barbara Rowes, 1979.
A:	Inteview in Monrovia, Liberia, 15 Mar 1972.
N:	In "Women at Work," by Betty Medsger, 1975.
K:	On whether she would want her daughter Tricia to marry a politician; in "Woman's Almanac," 1977.