That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
I don’t look at what I’ve lost. I look instead at what I have left.
Being a lady does not require silence.
I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.
I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn’t be so outspoken.
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that’s what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn’t eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.
I’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.