Pat Nixon Quotes

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

I only know what I read in the papers.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

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.

You can't underestimate the power of fear.

The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people.

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.

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.

Even when people can't speak your language,
they can tell if you have love in your heart.

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

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

Caring for others creates the spirit of a nation.

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.

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

I always look forward, not back.

I think a person has to just be herself.

The truth sustains me.

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

[On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.

I don't have time to be depressed.

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.