I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.

If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

My worst expectations never happened.

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.