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first lady
Believe me, this...
Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand...
I must say...
I must say they regard the Sabbath and attend preaching, for there are churches of every denomination and able...
I would rather...
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.
To tell you...
To tell you of this city, I would not do justice to the subject. The extravagance is in dressing and running to...
A being so...
A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.
I live a...
I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything...
The greater part...
The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...
I very linearly...
I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...
. . ....
. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .
Source:...
I am still...
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. . .
A leader takes...
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but...
If we have...
If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we...
If you don't...
If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try -- you...
You must accept...
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that...
I had already...
I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I...
[I want] minimum...
[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.
Source: Instructions to...
There are two...
There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in...
The one thing...
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
It looks like...
It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
Source: Contemplating her...
Whenever I was...
Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, [Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away...