I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.
Source: Response to her attending Cabinet meetings; Something to Gain, 1987.
-- Rosalynn Carter, (Aug 18 1927-____), US first lady; As First Lady, and wife of president Jimmy Carter, she was a well known advocate of mental health and Equal Rights Amendment.